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Collection: FND001 - SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Series: Tribute
Folder: DIG
Item: 271292
Title: Timothy A. Cook
Date: 1/30/1954-9/28/2024
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Inscription/Marks: 1/30/1954
Summary: Timothy Allen Cook, 70, passed on to his eternal reward on September 28, 2024, in Mandan, ND, with loving family at his bedside. A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated October 2, 2024, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Richardton, ND, with Father Thomas Wordekemper OSB celebrating. Tim was born January 30, 1954, to William Jefferson Cook and Frances (Gleich) Cook in Dickinson, ND. He graduated from Dickinson High School in 1972 and Dickinson State University in 1977. He worked as an artist for DSU, contributing several original pieces to their repertoire. Tim met Susan Arnold after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in art education. Tim and Susan were married on August 22, 1980, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richardton. From their union, three children were born: John in 1981, Michael in 1982, and Alisa in 1990. In 1986, Tim, Susan, John, and Michael moved to El Paso, TX. The following year, Tim joined the El Paso County Sheriff’s Department as a detention officer and reserve peace officer. In 1991 he transitioned to a full-time deputy sheriff and served in that role until 1996, when he was promoted to detective. Tim continued to serve as a detective until his retirement from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Department in 2012. During his tenure, he held various roles, including homicide, internal affairs, robbery, and served as a task force officer with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In 2012, Tim and Susan retired to North Dakota, where he dedicated his time to caring for and improving their property, managing wild populations of thirteen-lined ground squirrels and other varmints, and clearing snow. He had a passion for tools, especially organizing them, and always viewed the world through an artist’s eye. He enjoyed SCUBA diving and traveled to many beautiful destinations with his wife, as well as playing guitar. Tim was a faithful Catholic and served as a greeter at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richardton. He lived his vocation daily as a faithful, loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend. He died from complications associated with Alzheimer’s disease on September 28, 2024. We are comforted that he has found victory over death in Christ and has joined his wife and other loved ones in the peace of eternal life. He is survived by his children and grandchildren: John Cook and his children Judy, Collin, and Jensen (Colorado); Michael and Bobbi Cook and their children Avery, Jackson, Anna, William, and Grace (Oklahoma); and Alisa and Andy Dinges (North Dakota); two sisters, Colleen Rohr and Rhonda Winch (North Dakota); and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Susan Cook, his father, William; mother, Frances; and his brothers, Dean, Dana, Brian, and Jim.
Red ID: FND_I_78782 Image ID: 514544 Image Notes: FND001 271292

Collection: FND001 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: SHSND Foundation - North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program
Date: -

Summary: The North Dakota Heritage Family Memorial Program is sponsored by the North Dakota Funeral Directors Association. The life stories of deceased North Dakotans are featured in an archvied collection. Current partners in the project are Eastgate Funeral & Cremation Services, Bismarck Evans Funeral Homes, Carrington and New Rockford Everson-Coughlin Funeral Home, Williston Fulkerson Funeral Home, Tioga Fulkerson Funeral Home, Watford City Fulkerson Stevenson Funeral Home, Williston Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau Parkway Funeral Service, Bismarck Springan Stevenson Funeral Home, Stanley Stevenson Funeral Home, Dickinson These funeral homes provide recent obituaries to the Foundation, where staff and volunteers format, edit and archive each memorial. The memorials are posted, and copies are sent to the family for their input and approval. The listing currently features more than 13,000 memorials, and is constantly updated as new memorials and histories are received.

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