The funeral procession for Ohio State Highway Patrol Sergeant Matthew Cook made its way down Findlay and Hancock County roads on Friday before arriving at Maple Grove Cemetery.

Sgt. Cook worked at the Defiance Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol and previously at the Findlay Post. 

He was named Trooper of the Year at the Findlay Post in both 2016 and 2020.

The Hancock County Sheriff’s Office responded to Sgt. Cook’s home in rural McComb on December 31 and found him deceased.

“Our thoughts are with Sergeant Cook’s family, the Findlay District and the Patrol family as a whole,” the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. 

See some video from the procession as it passed by the Findlay Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol and under an American Flag from a Findlay fire truck below, and read his obituary from Kirkpatrick-Behnke Funeral Home by clicking here.