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Rural Cook NE man dies following UTV wreck

(KLZA)-- A rural Cook, Nebraska man died following a side-by-side UTV accident in a field near Cook that occurred on Tuesday, October 1.

Johnson County Attorney Ben Beethe noted in a news release that 68-year-old Paul H. Wilken was the lone occupant of the UTV. He was transported to the Johnson County Hospital by emergency responders and then transported to the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, where he died on Wednesday.

Services for Paul Wilken of rural Cook will be Tuesday morning at 10 at the Grace Lutheran Church in Cook.

Paul Wilken is survived by his wife Diane; sons Matthew and Michael Wilken,

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