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Stewart Cook, 83 CARDINAL -- Stewart McDermott Cook, 83, retired Casco employee and former municipal politician, died November 22 after a brief illness. He was born August 30, 1921 in the hamlet of Irena, near Iroquois, to William Cook and the former Cybil McDermott. He was the third youngest of seven brothers. When he was a young boy, his family moved to the Cardinal area, where he lived the rest of his life. He married Mary Montgomery, of Spencerville, in November 1944 and they had two children. Mr. Cook started out working with his father in farming. In 1947 he left and went into construction and for three years travelled throughout Ontario working on various jobs. In 1950 he started working at the Canada Starch Company in Cardinal. His 33-year career there was varied. He began as a millwright and eventually became master mechanic, a position he referred to as "the move upstairs" and which he held until his retirement. He approached his job as he did his life, with interest and enthusiasm. He was proud of his accomplishments and his involvement in projects such as the building of plants in Port Colbourne and Winston Salem. Mr. Cook was also very interested in politics, especially at the municipal level. His political career began in 1957 when he was first elected a councillor. Over the next 20 years he was deputy reeve, reeve and finally warden of the counties council of Leeds and Grenville. Other interests and hobbies included working with and racing horses when he was young, curling, golfing and playing cards. He was always looking for a good game of euchre at the Royal Canadian Legion branch in Cardinal. He is survived by his son Sheldon and wife Sandra (nee Somerville) and daughter Trudy Watson and husband Donald, as well as four grandchildren, William and Matthew Cook, Cheryl McIntosh (nee Watson) and husband Lance, and Kimberly Watson, and one great-grandson, Landon McIntosh. He was predeceased by his wife Mary in January 2000 and by his six brothers. Friends called at the Marsden and McLaughlin Funeral Home, Cardinal, where on November 24 the funeral was held, with Rev. Doug Carnegie officiating and grandchildren Cheryl McIntosh and William Cook giving eulogies. Burial was at the Riverside Cemetery, in Cardinal. The pallbearers were William, Matthew, Dale and Richard Cook, Lance McIntosh and Ed Murphy. Memorial donations were directed to the Canadian Cancer Society and other charities. Published in Section b, page 8 in the Monday, January 3, 2005 edition of the Brockville Recorder & Times. Posted 4:38:16 PM Tuesday, January 4, 2005.