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Nelson August Cooper

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Nelson August Cooper

Birth
Donnellson, Lee County, Iowa, USA
Death
10 Aug 1962 (aged 78)
Peoria County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Forrest Lawn, Section 7, Lot 06485
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Nelson A. Cooper, 78, 307 Evans St., died this morning at Bel-Wood Nursing Home.

Born Aug. 8, 1884, in Donnellson, Iowa, he was the son of Wilson and Carolina Knoch Cooper. He was a resident of Peoria for 30 years and was employed as a building laborer.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Iola Paper of Davenport, Iowa, and Mrs. Lillian Birtasch of California; two sons, Edward and Francis, both of California; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Johnson and Mrs. Ida Ganz and one brother, Edward, all of Peoria.

Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star, Aug. 10, 1962, p.m. edition, page B-5.

Obituary located by Mel Slane.

Cemetery records: Nelson Cooper: 84 years old, died Aug. 10, 1962 at Bel-Wood Nursing Home.

Name: Nelson Cooper
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birth Place: Donnellson, Iowa
Marriage Date: 24 Oct 1906
Marriage Place: Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Father: Wilson Cooper
Mother: Caroline Knoch
Spouse: Mamie Bailey
Iowa, Select Marriages Index

Middle name from his son's birth record:
Iowa, County Births
Name Edward Nelson Cooper
Event Type Birth
Event Date 04 Mar 1910
Event Place Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa
Gender Male
Race White
Father's Name Nelson August Cooper
Father's Birthplace Iowa
Father's Age 26
Mother's Name Mayme Bailey
Mother's Birthplace Missouri
Mother's Age 26
Note 1612 13th St.
Nelson A. Cooper, 78, 307 Evans St., died this morning at Bel-Wood Nursing Home.

Born Aug. 8, 1884, in Donnellson, Iowa, he was the son of Wilson and Carolina Knoch Cooper. He was a resident of Peoria for 30 years and was employed as a building laborer.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Iola Paper of Davenport, Iowa, and Mrs. Lillian Birtasch of California; two sons, Edward and Francis, both of California; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Johnson and Mrs. Ida Ganz and one brother, Edward, all of Peoria.

Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star, Aug. 10, 1962, p.m. edition, page B-5.

Obituary located by Mel Slane.

Cemetery records: Nelson Cooper: 84 years old, died Aug. 10, 1962 at Bel-Wood Nursing Home.

Name: Nelson Cooper
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birth Place: Donnellson, Iowa
Marriage Date: 24 Oct 1906
Marriage Place: Davenport, Scott, Iowa
Father: Wilson Cooper
Mother: Caroline Knoch
Spouse: Mamie Bailey
Iowa, Select Marriages Index

Middle name from his son's birth record:
Iowa, County Births
Name Edward Nelson Cooper
Event Type Birth
Event Date 04 Mar 1910
Event Place Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa
Gender Male
Race White
Father's Name Nelson August Cooper
Father's Birthplace Iowa
Father's Age 26
Mother's Name Mayme Bailey
Mother's Birthplace Missouri
Mother's Age 26
Note 1612 13th St.

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