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This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, Deon Cook, 27 years old, born on June 3, 1981, and passed away on April 25, 2009. We will remember him forever.

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Lorie Zapata
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Deon, it has been 15 long years without you here and it breaks my heart that the boys and your family have been without you for so long. I wish you were here for every moment the boys have experienced throughout the last 15 years. I mean every moment, the good and the bad because they would have definitely wanted you by their side and I know you would have given them great advice. I know the moments in between would have been great too like the times you were always so funny and you made everyone laugh. Just know you are always thought of and always loved. Time will never ease the pain, but your memory will forever be imprinted in our lives. Continue to rest easy, Big D! Love, Lorie
Lorie Zapata
June 4, 2023
June 4, 2023
You just had your 42nd birthday yesterday. That's unbelievable! Even more so, 14 years without you here is unbelievable. You are missed greatly! Especially by our boys and your family. I see you in the boys and your grandchildren. It's bitter sweet! I hope you danced in the sky yesterday. I know if you were here your birthdays would be family get togethers with music, beer, stories and many laughs. So much has happened here since you've been gone. Wish you were a part of many things. I wish the boys had you to grow up with. I wish your family had you to watch become a grandfather and be a part of the boys' lives and new memories. One thing is for sure. They won't forget the memories they were blessed to have with you while you were here and the moments you were here for. We will continue to keep those alive and keep you in mind and heart for as long as we live. Continue to rest easy, Big D!
Vicky Johnson
June 3, 2023
June 3, 2023
My precious Deon. Another birthday has come and gone, 42 today, wow. Lyle and I went to your graveside today to freshen up your flowers talk to you a bit. You been gone from us for 14 years, I still can't get my mind to fully except you are never coming home . I miss hearing your voice. You know when I talk to Logan on the phone it gives me goose bumps. He sounds alot like you on the phone. Pokie walks just like you. You'd be so proud of them plus your 2 grandkids. Lyle really misses his best friend.Fatboy and sissy really misses you. Jason goes out to visit you almost every time he comes to town.ly and I see the cardinals and butterflies alot, we both say Bubba is visiting. We love you so much Bub one day momma will see you again. Happy birthday my precious Bub. Continue with the visits it puts momma at peace for a short while.love momma
Melita Bellman
June 2, 2023
June 2, 2023
I know we are just minutes from your birthday. It still feels like time has passed yet you should still be here. As Chayce gets older, I feel you with him. I hear you in his laugh, in his expressions. I think to myself, I am crazy…yet I can’t deny what I hear. I embrace it! I love to feel you within my baby that you brought to me. Bub it’s been too long. I feel like I need to tell you to come home. The adventure is over and it’s time. Yet, I know you can’t. I know you are watching over us, touching us with songs, birds, feelings, family…but you will never be able to come home. Jay is home. Never thought I would say this, but I really wished the 3 of us could get together. Spend a day together, to love one another; understand each other and see how much we have grown. I love you so much Bub. Continue watching over us, protecting us all…especially the boys. They need you the most. Until we meet again…love you with every breath!
Vicky Johnson
April 25, 2022
April 25, 2022
My precious Son,,
Another year has come and gone .13 years ago today God called you home. I think of that day often and still ask God why he choose you and what truly happened that night. You fought for hours to stay with us but God had more power.Many hearts was broken that night and many hearts 13 years later never mended, never will. Mommas heart is filled with much love for my family, but much pain and emptiness since we lost you.i sit alot in the evenings and talk to you let you know what's been going on and often wonder how your life would of progressed and if you would of ever got that lil girl you wanted to have .Holidays are rough because the family is not whole without you there physically, hearing your voice, that beautiful smile., oh Bub I miss you so. I sit and look out my windows asking God to send me a sign that you hear me and can still feel mommas love. We've seen beautiful butterflies and cardinals. Never one by themselves, they stick around for awhile, I watch till they fly away,I know that's your way of letting me know your still there just not in human form.
Momma still ask you keep those angels around your sons and protect them from any harm ,pain.,they've had enough of that in their young lifetime. Love and miss you dearly.,unconditionally
Momma and Ly
Isabel Zapata
June 3, 2021
June 3, 2021
HAPPY HEAVENLY BIRTHDAY DEON COOK GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN ❤
Lorie Zapata
June 3, 2021
June 3, 2021
Shouting Happy 40th Birthday to you, Deon! Unbelievable to think you're 40 now and our sons are the ages they are now. You would be celebrating your day with them, family, and friends. I know it! You'd be so proud of them like you already are. Aiden is the best. You would love him so much and be a proud papa too. I hope you have a hell of a birthday celebrating up there today! You deserve that. We love and miss you!
La Shorty
Vicky Johnson
June 3, 2021
June 3, 2021
Hey my son. It's hard to believe you would of been 40 today.Ly and I was talking about that this past weekend.We both are thinking of you today as we do everyday.Momma can't make it out to your graveside today as I do every year pretty sick last couple days but I will make it out soon. We love you Bub and you will never know just how much you are missed. Happy 40th birthday my son.❤❤
Melita Bellman
June 3, 2021
June 3, 2021
Happy Birthday in heaven Bub! 40 years old today!!! Still unbelievable to think we have been without you for so long. I still miss you so much every day! I know we would be celebrating big with you today and you wouldn’t care that you were turning 40 If we get those storms today I know that thunder is you up there partying away! Love you so much
Vicky Johnson
April 26, 2021
April 26, 2021
Hey my son. Another year has come and gone but yet it still so fresh in our minds. Momma misses you so damn much,and so does Ly. Miss that beautiful smile and definitely that laugh of yours. Been a rough end of 2020 and a bad start to 2021. Lost pops in December and Bonnie 2 months later. Been rough on us both, but we get up and live one more day. Your boys are so grown up now Pookie bought to be a ‍♀️. I'm scared of that this world is so messed up right now and it's not a good time to be a cop. Definitely need you to keep a eye on him 24 seven to keep him safe. Our Bub is doing ok he's alot like you so laid back ,he's a good father, might be having lil girl here in a few month's, but we will see on that one. Love you my son ,miss you more than you will ever know. I talk to you alot I know you hear me.wish I could here your voice and tell me everything is gonna be OK. Everlasting love my son.
Love mom and Ly
Lorie Zapata
April 26, 2021
April 26, 2021
FEARS

It's been twelve years.
Twelve years still with many fears.

Fears that consist of nothing but tears.
The fear that you are not physically here throughout the years.

The fear that we now walk slowly on life's stepping stones.
The fear that your voice is no longer heard on our phones.

The fear that you're out of reach.
The fear that you've taken with you only what father's can teach.

The fear that we still picture you at twenty-seven.
The fear that we were never ready for it to be in heaven.

The fear that we have been robbed of time.
The fear that we're pretending to be fine. 

The fear of losing you.
The fear that will forever keep us blue.

The fear that more fears will come.
The fear that none of it can be undone.

The fears we HAVE overcome...
Are due to being your sons.

Let us not fear any longer.
For your memory will only make us stronger.

-La Shorty (Lorie Zapata)
Lorie Zapata
April 26, 2021
April 26, 2021
Dear Deon,

Twelve years without you has been terribly blue.

Twelve years of missing that smile has been such a long while.

Twelve years of missing your voice would definitely never be our choice.

Twelve years of missing your goofiness has only added to our weakness.

Twelve years of missing our talks is still a part of life's shocks.

Twelve years without you is something we find hard to believe to be true.

Twelve years at all has really made us fall.

Twelve years we've had to get back up and be strong so that your memory will live on long.

Twelve years we will never forget the day your freedom was set.

Twelve more years full of more tears.

Until we meet again in time our hearts will never be fine.

We love and miss you!!!!!!
R.I.P. Deon Cook❤️

-La Shorty
Isabel Zapata
April 25, 2021
April 25, 2021
GONE TOO SOON BUT NOT FORGOTTEN RIPARADISE DEON FLY HIGH ❤❤
Vicky Johnson
April 25, 2020
April 25, 2020
My Big D,
Hello my son, it's been 11 years ago today that momma had to say goodbye, instead of just saying talk at you later.When that damn dr told me you was gone, mommas heart stopped, my life stood still.my heart was shattered.When you left a big piece of my heart went with you.
You was my lil dare devil every since you could walk,and as the years passed you never out grew that, you always had me on my toes. As you grew into a man I was so proud of you. Your heart was as big as the sky. So very proud of the young father you was and how you grew with your sons, Dre and Logan couldn't of had a better father. The love and pride you had for them lit up the skies and to this day it still does.
They have grown up to be young men you would be so proud of and just to let you know they are alot like you in so many ways .Since you left us they have been alot of my survival. As long as we have them in our lifes we will always have a part of you.You now have a beautiful grandson you would be so proud of him, No not Dre ,lol but Bub. Hes a good dad just like you was. We all miss you soooooooo much. Ly misses you so much, you was his son but also his bestfriend. You touched so many lifes throughout the years we was blessed to have you. I still ask god why he took you and yet still waiting for a answer. The pain of you gone has never eased I just get up everyday put a smile on my face and get thru one more day. I see you often when I close my eyes , sometimes tears fill my eyes and others put a smile on my face. I see you, Ly, myself our last day together riding on the motorcycles.smiles on our faces and you worried about having suntan lines cause you was wearing you wife beaters, lol.
Miss you greatly my son, I know you are always with us, watching over keeping us safe.
Rest in heaven my Bub until the day we reunite.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Lorie Zapata
December 6, 2019
December 6, 2019
The holidays are underway and it just has not been the same without you around. Your goofiness and smile was definitely a blessing to have around when everyone got together and even behind the scenes. I still ask myself why and hope that one day, just one day I can wake up and this can all be a dream. Our boys are growing. They are men now. Unbelievable, I know! You would be amazed and so proud and I know you would be a great grandpa. You would definitely teach him some things or two. Most of all, I miss that big heart of yours. Both boys possess it too. Makes me smile and cry at the same time. Until we meet again, Big D!
Much love!
La Shorty
Lorie Zapata
April 25, 2019
April 25, 2019
It's been 10 years and 10 years with much pain, broken hearts and great sorrow. Many days are full of sadness, but also happiness from the wonderful memories we will always keep contained within us. This life definitely hasn't been the same without you. Wish you were here to physically enjoy being a grandfather and seeing Dre complete his last year of college. You were so proud before that I can only imagine how proud you would be now. We love and miss you every day!!!!! Until we meet again!!!
Melita Bellman
April 24, 2019
April 24, 2019
It has been almost 10 years since we lost you yet the pain is as strong as ever as the dreaded day approaches. So much has happened and even though I know you were right there with me through it all, a part of it always feels off because you aren't there. I just want to hear you, see you, joke with you one last time. I want to tell you how much I love you and how so much you meant to me. I love you Bub and I miss you more than words can say. Until we meet again, keep looking out for all of us in this crazy world.
Melita Bellman
June 3, 2017
June 3, 2017
Another year goes by that you are not here with us...physically! But you still show me all the time you are with us. You always had a funny way of showing your love, and you keep continuing it, which keeps me going. I miss you Bub and it never gets easier no matter how many years pass. I know you are celebrating with your aunt and uncle and cousin and best of all my baby girl! Happy Birthday Bub, my brother, my dear friend. We will meet again, until then you are always in my heart.
Lorie Zapata
June 3, 2017
June 3, 2017
Happy birthday, Big D! We love and miss you every day! It's definitely not the same here anymore.
Melita Bellman
April 25, 2016
April 25, 2016
There isn't a day that goes by I don't think of you, wishing you were here. My heart hurts for my brother, for a father for my nephews, an awesome uncle to my son and especially a son to my parents. I still can't help wondering why. I am able to smile thinking of things I know you would say to certain situations and I hear your laugh...this keeps you alive in my heart. As long as I can hear you, I know you are still here. I know you are here with us all and you live through the boys and I even see it in Chayce. I love and miss you so much Bub, until we meet again..
Deondre Cook
August 23, 2015
August 23, 2015
You're missed everyday and it's not the same without you here. Love and miss ya pops
Lorie Zapata
June 5, 2015
June 5, 2015
Big D,
Stopping by to say how much you are missed and loved!
La Shorty

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Lorie Zapata
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Deon, it has been 15 long years without you here and it breaks my heart that the boys and your family have been without you for so long. I wish you were here for every moment the boys have experienced throughout the last 15 years. I mean every moment, the good and the bad because they would have definitely wanted you by their side and I know you would have given them great advice. I know the moments in between would have been great too like the times you were always so funny and you made everyone laugh. Just know you are always thought of and always loved. Time will never ease the pain, but your memory will forever be imprinted in our lives. Continue to rest easy, Big D! Love, Lorie
Lorie Zapata
June 4, 2023
June 4, 2023
You just had your 42nd birthday yesterday. That's unbelievable! Even more so, 14 years without you here is unbelievable. You are missed greatly! Especially by our boys and your family. I see you in the boys and your grandchildren. It's bitter sweet! I hope you danced in the sky yesterday. I know if you were here your birthdays would be family get togethers with music, beer, stories and many laughs. So much has happened here since you've been gone. Wish you were a part of many things. I wish the boys had you to grow up with. I wish your family had you to watch become a grandfather and be a part of the boys' lives and new memories. One thing is for sure. They won't forget the memories they were blessed to have with you while you were here and the moments you were here for. We will continue to keep those alive and keep you in mind and heart for as long as we live. Continue to rest easy, Big D!
Vicky Johnson
June 3, 2023
June 3, 2023
My precious Deon. Another birthday has come and gone, 42 today, wow. Lyle and I went to your graveside today to freshen up your flowers talk to you a bit. You been gone from us for 14 years, I still can't get my mind to fully except you are never coming home . I miss hearing your voice. You know when I talk to Logan on the phone it gives me goose bumps. He sounds alot like you on the phone. Pokie walks just like you. You'd be so proud of them plus your 2 grandkids. Lyle really misses his best friend.Fatboy and sissy really misses you. Jason goes out to visit you almost every time he comes to town.ly and I see the cardinals and butterflies alot, we both say Bubba is visiting. We love you so much Bub one day momma will see you again. Happy birthday my precious Bub. Continue with the visits it puts momma at peace for a short while.love momma
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June 5, 2015
by Lorie Zapata

Deon and I met in high school. You can say we were high school sweethearts for sure:) We never left one another's side. He was in my older sister's (Julie) art class. My sister came to me one day and said, "There is this guy in my art class that likes you." I thought, "And not you?" Haha! My sister was and is so beautiful. Deon and I starting sending one another notes through my sister and soon drawings came. The most beautiful drawings that I still  possess:) From then on we were inseperable. I have so many memories with Deon. The ones I remember the most were when he did the craziest things to see me. He walked in the snow from Wilsonville to Gillespie without shoes. Yikes! LOL! I remember going to Wilsonville and going to the bar with him, my sister, his sister and our friends to play pool. I remember our date to the movies and he borrowed a cool car to take me on the date. Hahahaha! I remember our first kiss on my front porch. Sorry Red! LOL! He was a gentleman to your Lorie though. Awhile later came the call. As soon as I called Deon he knew what it was about and said, "I know!" I said, "What do you mean?" He said, "You are pregnant, aren't you?" I replied, "Yes." We were so young and scared, but it was almost as we just knew everything would be okay and we would be good parents no matter what came our way. Our first bundle of joy came on the first day of spring on March 20, 1998. He was such an adorable baby with dimples and a tongue he couldn't keep in his mouth. Lmbo! We named him Deondre. He was our fireball and comedian and still is to this day. I was soon pregnant again and Deon went to every appointment as he did with Deondre. He never missed a beat! He loved being a dad! Then, on the first day of summer on June 21, 1999 we had our second handsome baby boy. He was slinky and looked so much like Deon. We named him Logan. He was our shy and reserved boy and today he still is, but more of his smile has appeared:) Both of our boys have now grown into amazing young men. Deon was and has always been proud of his boys. I only wish he could be here today to experience it all with me. Deon's life was definitely cut too short and it has not been fair. Every day that passes has not made anything better, but only harder to be without him.

We miss and love you so, Deon!!!!!!!
 

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