Staff Sergeant Rodney William Cook (Ret.), age 48, of Wilmington, OH, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2016 at home.
He was born May 10, 1967 in Tiffin, OH, son of Gilbert Dale Cook of Waynesville, NC and Laura Jean Overmier Wilson of Bloomville, OH. On September 19, 2004 he married Amy Cook, who survives.
Rodney was a veteran of the US Marines and a member of the Marine Corps League Detachment 995 in Wilmington.
In addition to his wife and parents other surviving family members are his three sons, Christopher Cook of Jefferson City, MO, Alexander Cook of Jefferson City, MO, and Jamie Craig of Lowell, MA, brother, John Cook of Glouster, OH, four half-sisters, Sheri Cassidy of Waynesville, NC, Linda Schurch of Columbus, OH, Connie Cook of Meadow Park, CA, and Robyn Cook of Asheville, NC.
Memorial Services will be held at Fisher-Edgington Funeral Home, 97 W. Locust St. Wilmington, OH, Friday, March 25, 2016 at 2:00 pm. with Wilmington American Legion Post #49 Memorial Squad conducting full Military Honors.
Friends will be received at the funeral home on Friday from 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm.
Contributions may be made to the Wounded Warriors P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675.