Breckenridge, Tx. - W.K. Cooper, 85, of The Woodlands in Eastland, Texas, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, at Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth. Mr. Cooper was born Oct. 21, 1927, in Ranger, Texas, to Ellis and Carrie (Waggoner) Cooper. He graduated from Ranger High School and served in the U.S. Army in Japan during the end of World War II. Afterwards, he received an associate's degree from Ranger Junior College.
He was employed by Texas Electric Service Co. for 34 years as a commercial and customer representative, most of that time in Breckenridge, where he also served as City Commissioner and president of the Breckenridge Rotary Club and Breckenridge High School Band Booster Club. He coached Little League baseball and girl's softball, was a member of the Stephens County Sheriff's Posse and authored "A Cowboy Chronicle: 100 (Mostly True) Tales of Life in Rural Texas."
Mr. Cooper is preceded in death by his parents, sisters Norene Roarke and Geneva (Jane) Ham, and his beloved wife, Estrella Mehaffey Cooper. He will be missed by his son Stevan, daughter-in-law Diane, and grandchildren Evan and Alia of Colorado Springs, Colo.; daughter Connie Post of Dayton, Ohio; and sister Marian Riggs of Hubbard, Texas.
He will be honored Thursday, Feb. 14, at 2 p.m. at Melton-Kitchens Funeral Home in Breckenridge. In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be made to the American Heart Association.
Published in Abilene Reporter-News on February 14, 2013
He was employed by Texas Electric Service Co. for 34 years as a commercial and customer representative, most of that time in Breckenridge, where he also served as City Commissioner and president of the Breckenridge Rotary Club and Breckenridge High School Band Booster Club. He coached Little League baseball and girl's softball, was a member of the Stephens County Sheriff's Posse and authored "A Cowboy Chronicle: 100 (Mostly True) Tales of Life in Rural Texas."
Mr. Cooper is preceded in death by his parents, sisters Norene Roarke and Geneva (Jane) Ham, and his beloved wife, Estrella Mehaffey Cooper. He will be missed by his son Stevan, daughter-in-law Diane, and grandchildren Evan and Alia of Colorado Springs, Colo.; daughter Connie Post of Dayton, Ohio; and sister Marian Riggs of Hubbard, Texas.
He will be honored Thursday, Feb. 14, at 2 p.m. at Melton-Kitchens Funeral Home in Breckenridge. In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be made to the American Heart Association.
Published in Abilene Reporter-News on February 14, 2013
Breckenridge, Tx. - W.K. Cooper, 85, of The Woodlands in Eastland, Texas, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, at Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth. Mr. Cooper was born Oct. 21, 1927, in Ranger, Texas, to Ellis and Carrie (Waggoner) Cooper. He graduated from Ranger High School and served in the U.S. Army in Japan during the end of World War II. Afterwards, he received an associate's degree from Ranger Junior College.
He was employed by Texas Electric Service Co. for 34 years as a commercial and customer representative, most of that time in Breckenridge, where he also served as City Commissioner and president of the Breckenridge Rotary Club and Breckenridge High School Band Booster Club. He coached Little League baseball and girl's softball, was a member of the Stephens County Sheriff's Posse and authored "A Cowboy Chronicle: 100 (Mostly True) Tales of Life in Rural Texas."
Mr. Cooper is preceded in death by his parents, sisters Norene Roarke and Geneva (Jane) Ham, and his beloved wife, Estrella Mehaffey Cooper. He will be missed by his son Stevan, daughter-in-law Diane, and grandchildren Evan and Alia of Colorado Springs, Colo.; daughter Connie Post of Dayton, Ohio; and sister Marian Riggs of Hubbard, Texas.
He will be honored Thursday, Feb. 14, at 2 p.m. at Melton-Kitchens Funeral Home in Breckenridge. In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be made to the American Heart Association.
Published in Abilene Reporter-News on February 14, 2013
He was employed by Texas Electric Service Co. for 34 years as a commercial and customer representative, most of that time in Breckenridge, where he also served as City Commissioner and president of the Breckenridge Rotary Club and Breckenridge High School Band Booster Club. He coached Little League baseball and girl's softball, was a member of the Stephens County Sheriff's Posse and authored "A Cowboy Chronicle: 100 (Mostly True) Tales of Life in Rural Texas."
Mr. Cooper is preceded in death by his parents, sisters Norene Roarke and Geneva (Jane) Ham, and his beloved wife, Estrella Mehaffey Cooper. He will be missed by his son Stevan, daughter-in-law Diane, and grandchildren Evan and Alia of Colorado Springs, Colo.; daughter Connie Post of Dayton, Ohio; and sister Marian Riggs of Hubbard, Texas.
He will be honored Thursday, Feb. 14, at 2 p.m. at Melton-Kitchens Funeral Home in Breckenridge. In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be made to the American Heart Association.
Published in Abilene Reporter-News on February 14, 2013
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