David Paul Cook was born August 4, 1952 at Altona Manitoba to Louis Walter and Doris Lavonne (Taylor) Cook. He graduated from Neche High School then attended NDSSS in Wahpeton, ND. He farmed in the Neche area from 1970 to 1981. From 1981 to 2000, he worked as a pipe welder for many different companies throughout the United States. In 2001, he opened a welding repair shop in Neche.
He was a member of the Bathgate and Tongue River Masonic Lodges and the Namaste Dragon Fire Shamanic Tribe. His hobbies were hobby farming and gardening.
Surviving is his mother, Doris Cook He was preceded in death by his father, L.W. “John” Cook.