In Loving Memory of Destina E. Cook September 4, 1953 - March 12, 2008 Age: 54

Destina Ellen Cook, of Toledo and a 1971 graduate of Maumee High School, passed away at Hospice of Northwest Ohio quietly after losing her battle with cancer for over a year on March 12, 2008. Destina was surrounded by loved ones and has gone to rest with the Lord who welcomes her with open arms. She will be missed by many people who were touched by her giving nature, loving heart, and unselfishness towards others. Tina not only raised two boys through much hardship, but she also helped raise her best friend’s eight children as well. All with a mother’s loving heart and gentle hand. She was known to her granddaughters as the world’s best birthday cake and buckeye baker ever. She helped many people in need although she didn’t have much herself. She loved children with all she had and never turned anyone down who were in need of a home and a warm meal. Tina was a women who could talk as long as you were listening and had a hearty laugh with a dazzling smile that could light up a room. She will be missed by many and loved by all who knew her. Destina is survived by her sons, Anthony Lawrence Cook, Ramon Michael (Caciana) Cook, granddaughters, Laticia and Victoria Villarreal, and Gabriella Cook, of Toledo, brothers, David Cook, Charles L. (Malinda) Dickerson of Toledo and sister Valerie (James) Gibbons of Parma, Ohio, eight nieces and nephews, great uncle, Jerry McCarthy, and several cousins. Tina is also survived by eight children she helped raise, Fransisco, Irene, Fernando, Leticia, and Irma Martinez, Jesse and Mary Urbina and her dear friends, Darlene Young and Helen Moore. Tina was preceded in death by her parents, Clancy and Maureen K. (Garcia) Cook and best friends Dora Villarreal and Joyce Jackson. Friends may visit Freck Funeral Chapel, 1155 S. Wynn Rd. in Oregon (419) 693-9304, on Sunday, March 16, 2008 from 10-1 p.m. Funeral services will follow in the funeral chapel at 1 p.m. Online condolences may be made at www.freckchapel.com We would like to give a special thanks to the staff at Hospice of Northwest Ohio on S. Detroit for their excellent care. Love and support they gave to our mom and to all our family and friends who stayed by our side through it all. We couldn’t have made it without you.