Lila Louise (Cook) Emmert, 84, passed away July 3, 2022, at Good Samaritan Society-Hutchinson Village.  She was born April 28, 1938, in Lyons, KS, to Clarence Bernard and Alma (Ellis) Cook.

Lila was a 1956 graduate of Lyons High School, Lyons, KS.  She attended McPherson College, McPherson, KS, for three years where she met the love of her life, Ed.  Lila was a member of Portage Chapel Hill United Methodist Church, Portage, MI.  Since moving to Hutchinson, she attended Community Church of the Brethren.

Lila, along with Ed, raised their three daughters in Portage MI.  She had a love for sewing that her daughters were the recipients of many of her exceptional sewing projects.  Along with everyday clothes, she made prom dresses, costumes for Halloween and school plays, and bridesmaid's dresses.   Lila also had a love for cooking and baking.  Home-cooked meals, hosting dinner parties with friends, and holiday meals with family were specialties of hers.  Oyster stew for Christmas, lemon ice for holiday meals, cinnamon rolls for the Easter sunrise breakfast at church and, of course, homemade ice cream for visitors were among the favorites.  Lila was the 'State of Kansas 4-H Cherry Pie Champion' in 1955.  It is said that she won Ed over with a cherry pie as a thank you for borrowing his car.

On June 10, 1959, Lila married Dale 'Ed' Edward Emmert, in McPherson, KS.  They shared over 61 years of marriage, prior to his death on August 18, 2020.

She is survived by:  her daughters, Teresa (John) Hiemstra of Edmonton Alberta Canada, Annette Emmert of Hutchinson, KS, and Michelle Emmert Bresser of Houston, TX; fourth daughter (according to Ed and Lila), Sharla Powell of Hutchinson, KS; grandchildren, Josiah (Laura) Hiemstra, David (Erin) Hiemstra, Sara Bresser, and Adam Bresser; great-grandsons, Wiley Hiemstra, Andrew Hiemstra, and Tyrion Hiemstra; siblings, John (Jane) Cook of Lyons, KS, Gary (Carol) Cook of Lyons, KS, and Margaret Cook of Wichita, KS; and sister-in-law, Donna Emmert of Perry, IA.

Lila was preceded in death by:  her parents; husband; and brother-in-law, Roger Emmert.

Memorial service for Ed and Lila will be 11 a.m. Friday, July 22, 2022, at Community Church of the Brethren, 1600 N. Severance, Hutchinson, KS, with Matt Christian officiating.  Burial will be 2:30 p.m. Friday, July 22, 2022, at Lyons Municipal Cemetery, Lyons, KS.  Friends may sign the book from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday at Elliott Mortuary.  Friends may call from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, July 22, 2022, with the family present at the church.

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In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Community Church of the Brethren or Greater Wichita YMCA (to benefit the Hutchinson YMCA aquatics program), in care of Elliott Mortuary and Crematory, 1219 N. Main, Hutchinson, KS 67501.