Jan Munro Cook

Jan Munro Cook

Our highly regarded SuperGrampz, Mr. Mom, MacGyver, motor-head, exercise fiend, and salad maker

extraordinaire, Jan Munro Cook died peacefully with his family by his side on December 12, 2015, at the Marjorie

Willoughby Snowden Hospice House in Kamloops, B.C. at 74 years of age. Much to Jan’s dismay (as he would have

preferred to go out in a ball of fire) he was dealt a sudden and precipitous battle with cancer. !

! Jan was born in Victoria, B.C. April 30, 1941 to the late Thomas Stevenson Cook and Gertrude Helen Bride.

His father, of which he was very proud, was a Captain on a Frigate in the Royal Canadian Navy. He taught him

excellent manners and nurtured his distaste for tardiness. Jan was the eldest to three sisters, Gretchen, Mardie, and

Charlotte.!

! Shortly after his birth, his parents moved to Regina, Saskatchewan where Jan began taking apart anything

he could get his hands on. He would see how it operated and put it back together in significantly better working

order. Some of his earliest memories include taking down his tricycle to nuts and bolts in the driveway at 3 years of

age. Among his multitudinous talents, for this one he was particularly earnest. He was well known for mastering his

ability to tune a crankshaft and many lifelong friendships arose from this very talent. !

! After graduating from Sheldon Williams Collegiate in 1958, Jan became a legit cowboy. Riding bad ass bulls,

bare back broncos, traveling the Grand Ole US of A, and rodeoing throughout the completion of a Bachelor of

Science from CalPoly in San Luis Obispo, CA. While losing a few teeth and gaining a few scars, he was

simultaneously hell bent on all things he could make go faster. !

! His love affair with motors included multiple motorcycles. One in particular, a Harley Davidson Sportster, held

a Saskatoon record in open class for over 20 years, accompanied him to the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1972 where he

ran 152.02 mph. !

! Jan became a very proud, single father of two daughters in the 1970s to the late Jessica Jeanne Cook and

surviving Jayna Ruth Cook(Conklin). Jan was devoted to his two daughters and brought them with him absolutely

everywhere. Mr. Mom and his two Mugwumps were found participating or spectating at many a rodeo, boat race, air

show, drag race, and turbo charged 4x4’ing camping in the boonies. SuperGramps was an active member of the

NHRA for years where he raced side by side with Jessica Jeanne. One of his many lifetime goals was to have a 7

second bike in his 70s. This goal he accomplished in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2012. He ran 7.83 seconds at 173mph

on a 1428cc 1978 Kawasaki. When asked how it felt afterwards he said, “But did I look cool?” His most recent

passion became jet skiing. Jan was frequently seen on the Thompson River with his surviving grand daughters,

Ruby Jeanne Conklin(6) and Madeline Louise Conklin(3). !

! A polite and conscientious man, he cared deeply about showing respect to those he cared about. Jan was

interesting, intelligent, kind, devilishly handsome, and quite the jokester. Dedicated friend, father, and grandfather,

he was passionate about having fun and showing his friends and family a good time. He had a great appreciation for

all that he had experienced. !

! One of the last things he was heard saying was “I had a barn burner, did anybody else have that much fun?” ! !!

A celebration of his spectacular life will be held at the Calvary Temple in Kamloops, B.C. on Saturday,

January 23rd at 1:00pm. All are welcome to memorialize his contribution to his family and community. Thank you to

all those people, as you are many, who made his life as rich and lived as it was. A special thank you the Hospice

House for your kindness towards him. Thank you for always making sure there was snuggle room for us.