Joan Marjorie Cook

Joan Marjorie Cook SACO -- Joan Marjorie Cook After a brief illness, she passed away on Feb. 22, 2009, at the Monarch Center in Saco. Joan was born in Liverpool, England in 1918, the daughter of Emily and John Taft. She attended Le Grand Verges, Switzerland and graduated from The Grove School, London. She excelled at tennis and made an appearance at the Junior Wimbledon Tennis Tournament. While living in London, she met and married Arthur 'Bob' Cook an American volunteer pilot with the RAF. He was shot down and presumed dead only to return safely from a POW camp in Germany. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by King George. Joan worked at De Havilland Aircraft until the war ended. In 1945 they returned to Boston eventually settling at Higgins Beach where they resided for 60 years. Joan was predeceased by her husband in 2002. Joan leaves a daughter Susan Cook Bennett; son-in-law, Richard; and grandson Tristan of New York City. She is survived by nieces and nephews, Janet Irwin, Mark and Merideth Gilmor and Clare Dixon and John Taft of England. Her special friends included Nancy Geer, Andrea and Dan Stewart, Edith Martell, Janeen Pelletier, Connie Martin, John and Marilyn Veltri, Bill, Arlene and Scott Eager and Bonnie Baxter all of whom were a special comfort to her. At her request no services are being held. Arrangements were made by the Hobbs Funeral Home, 230 Cottage Rd., South Portland. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the: Safe Haven Humane Society of Kennebunk P.O. Box 91 Wells, Maine 04090 Joan Marjorie Cook