Thomas Dakin Cook M.D.

Dr. Cook, age 100, a resident of Westminster Towers in Orlando died December 5, 2020. He was the son of Dr. George M. and Naomi Randel Cook and was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 15, 1920, although the Cook residency was in Hammond, Indiana. In 1942 he graduated from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi. He received his M.D. degree at the University of Louisville in 1945. He met Catherine Peet at DPU, and they were married in 1944 in Indianapolis, 76 years ago. He served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. After residencies in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dr. Cook came to Orlando to start his practice in 1953. He was chief of the Ob-Gyn department at Orlando Health or ORMC, as it was known then, and also was chief at Florida Hospital at one time.

He was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Orlando, American College of Ob-Gyn, Florida Medical Society, a president of the Orange County Ob-Gyn Society and a member of the Country Club of Orlando. Throughout his years of practice and retirement, he enjoyed playing golf and the piano, woodworking, traveling and reading.

Dr. Cook was preceded in death by his parents and his twin brother, Dr. James Cook, who died in 2009. He is survived by his wife, Catie, son George R. Cook (Ginny), daughter Jan C. Beemer (Britt), four grandchildren, Dan Cook, Julie Nobles (Trent), Chloe and Claire Beemer, two great-grandsons, Dakin and Maddox Nobles, and sister-in-law, Mickey Cook.

There will be no service at this time. You may wish to donate to The First Presbyterian Church (106 E. Church St, Orlando 32801), The House of Hope (PO Box 560484, Orlando 32856) or the Westminster Retirement Communities Foundation (80 W. Lucerne Circle, Orlando 32801).