Gregory Fred Cook

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Gregory Fred Cook

Birth
Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA
Death
15 Sep 2019 (aged 73)
Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.673628, Longitude: -86.182476
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Greg grew up in Mishawaka, Indiana. He was part of the Mishawaka High School Class of 1964. He graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management.

He went on to have a distinguished career in manufacturing management. He built and expanded factories. He was also skilled at turning around failing companies and making them profitable again.

After a career change in his mid-50s, he served as a deputy sheriff, police officer, sheriff, and police chief. He worked hard to cultivate community policing wherever he served. The kids dubbed him the, "Lollipop Cop" for handing out suckers to them.

He married Krista in Huntington, Indiana in 1997. They were later sealed for time and all eternity in the Denver Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She survives him.

He is also survived by his two daughters: Kirsten (David) Wilcox and Bethany (Zoe) Cook along with his two adorable grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his sister, Lin, by only a few months.

He was cremated. His ashes are interred next to his beloved mother in the family plot in Fairview Cemetery in Mishawaka, Indiana.
Greg grew up in Mishawaka, Indiana. He was part of the Mishawaka High School Class of 1964. He graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Management.

He went on to have a distinguished career in manufacturing management. He built and expanded factories. He was also skilled at turning around failing companies and making them profitable again.

After a career change in his mid-50s, he served as a deputy sheriff, police officer, sheriff, and police chief. He worked hard to cultivate community policing wherever he served. The kids dubbed him the, "Lollipop Cop" for handing out suckers to them.

He married Krista in Huntington, Indiana in 1997. They were later sealed for time and all eternity in the Denver Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She survives him.

He is also survived by his two daughters: Kirsten (David) Wilcox and Bethany (Zoe) Cook along with his two adorable grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his sister, Lin, by only a few months.

He was cremated. His ashes are interred next to his beloved mother in the family plot in Fairview Cemetery in Mishawaka, Indiana.


  • Maintained by: K. Cook
  • Originally Created by: AMB
  • Added: Nov 18, 2019
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204833481/gregory_fred-cook: accessed ), memorial page for Gregory Fred Cook (15 Jul 1946–15 Sep 2019), Find a Grave Memorial ID 204833481, citing Fairview Cemetery, Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by K. Cook (contributor 50064325).