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Captain John M. Cook, Shodan (Honorary 1st Degree Black Belt)
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Captain John M. ‘Poppy John’ Cook

March 10, 1955 — Aug. 10, 2009
Published: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 1:08 AM EDT

Captain John M. “Poppy John” Cook, 54, passed away at 10:15 a.m. Monday, August 10, 2009 at home.
John was born on March 10, 1955, in Marion, Indiana, the son of Ted and Ruth (Morris) Cook. He married Susan Corn on June 18, 1980. She survives.

He was a graduate of Mississinewa High School and the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy. He also completed numerous job related classes and training in Emergency Medical Technician and Police work. He was a U.S. Navy veteran.

From 1974 to 1978, he was a machine/extrusion operator at Tulox Plastics; an EMT for Marion General Hospital from 1978 to 1981 and from 1979 to 1981 a police officer for the City of Warren Police Department. He then held the position of Patrol Officer, Narcotics Officer, Detective and Shift Sergeant for the City of Marion Police Department from 1981 to 1990 and in 1990, he went to work for the Grant County Sheriff’s Department as Patrol Officer, Detective, Sergeant, Lieutenant and Captain.

He loved to ride Harleys and was the best Father and Grandfather. He dearly loved his grandchildren.

Survivors include wife, Susan Cook, Marion; his parents, Ted and Ruth Cook, Marion; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Gene and Phyllis Corn, Amboy; son, Jason (Christine) Cook, Garrett; daughter, Amy (Lake) (Jonathan) Rendel, Noblesville; brothers, Tom Cook, Twelve Mile and Jeff (Sherry) Cook, Marion; sisters, Joyce (Mike) Oyler, Marion and Joan (Mike) Williams, Gas City; and grandchildren, Gage Ruch, Hayden Lake-Hayes, Ellie Cook, Liam Rendel, Leah Cook and Sophia Rendel.

He was preceded in death by a granddaughter Madelyn Lake and sister Sharon Bradshaw.