The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona,
Wednesday, September 02, 2015
Bennie Cooper, 100, completed his journey on earth and entered the larger life of God on Aug. 31, 2015 at Hagerstown, Maryland, where he lived at the Ravenwood Retirement Center.
Born Feb. 26, 1915 in Grant County, Minnesota, Bennie was orphaned as a boy when his mother died in childbirth and his father was killed in an accident shortly thereafter.
His teenage years were spent in the home of the Ole Amundsen family before Bennie enrolled in 1930 at the West Central School of Agriculture at Morris, Minnesota, where he played football and worked on the school's maintenance crew. When he graduated in 1933, the school yearbook noted, "Good-natured Bennie Cooper was everybody's friend."
Following his schooling, Bennie worked as a farmhand and also served in the Civilian Conservation Corps.
On July 30, 1938, he married Alice Florence Biss of rural Elbow Lake, Minnesota. The Coopers owned and operated a Grade A dairy farm near Wendell until the late 1970s when they retired to Prescott, Arizona, where they lived for over 30 years before relocating to Maryland.
Throughout their years of farming, the Coopers were active members of the Rock Prairie Lutheran Church. In Arizona, they were charter members of Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Prescott Valley. Bennie enjoyed fishing, card-playing and lively conversations with his many siblings, relatives and friends. In their retirement years, the Coopers enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and internationally. Alice died in February 2014.
Bennie was the father of three children, Bernice Cooper Anderson (deceased), David Cooper of Winchester, Virginia (retired data processing and educational specialist) and Michael Cooper-White of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Lutheran pastor currently serving as president of Gettysburg Seminary). Bennie was the last survivor from a large family of 12 children. In addition to his two sons and their wives, Diane Cooper and Pamela Cooper-White, Bennie is survived by seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
A memorial service and interment at Union Cemetery in Elbow Lake, Minnesota will take place at a date to be determined.
Information provided by survivors.
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A Memorial service for Bennie and Alice Cooper
will be held on Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 10 a.m. at United Lutheran church in Elbow Lake, Minnesota, followed by interment of their ashes.
The Coopers were long-time Grant County residents, farming near Wendell until they retired to Arizona. Their final years were spent in a Maryland assisted living residence.
Alice died February 5, 2014 at age 92 and Bennie's life ended at age 100 on August 31, 2015.
The Rev. Dr. Robin Steinke, President of Luther Seminary in St. Paul, will preside. The Coopers' sons, David and Michael, and their families welcome your attendance.
~Published in the Grant County Herald, Elbow Lake, Minnesota - June 22, 2016.
Wednesday, September 02, 2015
Bennie Cooper, 100, completed his journey on earth and entered the larger life of God on Aug. 31, 2015 at Hagerstown, Maryland, where he lived at the Ravenwood Retirement Center.
Born Feb. 26, 1915 in Grant County, Minnesota, Bennie was orphaned as a boy when his mother died in childbirth and his father was killed in an accident shortly thereafter.
His teenage years were spent in the home of the Ole Amundsen family before Bennie enrolled in 1930 at the West Central School of Agriculture at Morris, Minnesota, where he played football and worked on the school's maintenance crew. When he graduated in 1933, the school yearbook noted, "Good-natured Bennie Cooper was everybody's friend."
Following his schooling, Bennie worked as a farmhand and also served in the Civilian Conservation Corps.
On July 30, 1938, he married Alice Florence Biss of rural Elbow Lake, Minnesota. The Coopers owned and operated a Grade A dairy farm near Wendell until the late 1970s when they retired to Prescott, Arizona, where they lived for over 30 years before relocating to Maryland.
Throughout their years of farming, the Coopers were active members of the Rock Prairie Lutheran Church. In Arizona, they were charter members of Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Prescott Valley. Bennie enjoyed fishing, card-playing and lively conversations with his many siblings, relatives and friends. In their retirement years, the Coopers enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and internationally. Alice died in February 2014.
Bennie was the father of three children, Bernice Cooper Anderson (deceased), David Cooper of Winchester, Virginia (retired data processing and educational specialist) and Michael Cooper-White of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Lutheran pastor currently serving as president of Gettysburg Seminary). Bennie was the last survivor from a large family of 12 children. In addition to his two sons and their wives, Diane Cooper and Pamela Cooper-White, Bennie is survived by seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
A memorial service and interment at Union Cemetery in Elbow Lake, Minnesota will take place at a date to be determined.
Information provided by survivors.
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A Memorial service for Bennie and Alice Cooper
will be held on Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 10 a.m. at United Lutheran church in Elbow Lake, Minnesota, followed by interment of their ashes.
The Coopers were long-time Grant County residents, farming near Wendell until they retired to Arizona. Their final years were spent in a Maryland assisted living residence.
Alice died February 5, 2014 at age 92 and Bennie's life ended at age 100 on August 31, 2015.
The Rev. Dr. Robin Steinke, President of Luther Seminary in St. Paul, will preside. The Coopers' sons, David and Michael, and their families welcome your attendance.
~Published in the Grant County Herald, Elbow Lake, Minnesota - June 22, 2016.
The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona,
Wednesday, September 02, 2015
Bennie Cooper, 100, completed his journey on earth and entered the larger life of God on Aug. 31, 2015 at Hagerstown, Maryland, where he lived at the Ravenwood Retirement Center.
Born Feb. 26, 1915 in Grant County, Minnesota, Bennie was orphaned as a boy when his mother died in childbirth and his father was killed in an accident shortly thereafter.
His teenage years were spent in the home of the Ole Amundsen family before Bennie enrolled in 1930 at the West Central School of Agriculture at Morris, Minnesota, where he played football and worked on the school's maintenance crew. When he graduated in 1933, the school yearbook noted, "Good-natured Bennie Cooper was everybody's friend."
Following his schooling, Bennie worked as a farmhand and also served in the Civilian Conservation Corps.
On July 30, 1938, he married Alice Florence Biss of rural Elbow Lake, Minnesota. The Coopers owned and operated a Grade A dairy farm near Wendell until the late 1970s when they retired to Prescott, Arizona, where they lived for over 30 years before relocating to Maryland.
Throughout their years of farming, the Coopers were active members of the Rock Prairie Lutheran Church. In Arizona, they were charter members of Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Prescott Valley. Bennie enjoyed fishing, card-playing and lively conversations with his many siblings, relatives and friends. In their retirement years, the Coopers enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and internationally. Alice died in February 2014.
Bennie was the father of three children, Bernice Cooper Anderson (deceased), David Cooper of Winchester, Virginia (retired data processing and educational specialist) and Michael Cooper-White of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Lutheran pastor currently serving as president of Gettysburg Seminary). Bennie was the last survivor from a large family of 12 children. In addition to his two sons and their wives, Diane Cooper and Pamela Cooper-White, Bennie is survived by seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
A memorial service and interment at Union Cemetery in Elbow Lake, Minnesota will take place at a date to be determined.
Information provided by survivors.
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A Memorial service for Bennie and Alice Cooper
will be held on Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 10 a.m. at United Lutheran church in Elbow Lake, Minnesota, followed by interment of their ashes.
The Coopers were long-time Grant County residents, farming near Wendell until they retired to Arizona. Their final years were spent in a Maryland assisted living residence.
Alice died February 5, 2014 at age 92 and Bennie's life ended at age 100 on August 31, 2015.
The Rev. Dr. Robin Steinke, President of Luther Seminary in St. Paul, will preside. The Coopers' sons, David and Michael, and their families welcome your attendance.
~Published in the Grant County Herald, Elbow Lake, Minnesota - June 22, 2016.
Wednesday, September 02, 2015
Bennie Cooper, 100, completed his journey on earth and entered the larger life of God on Aug. 31, 2015 at Hagerstown, Maryland, where he lived at the Ravenwood Retirement Center.
Born Feb. 26, 1915 in Grant County, Minnesota, Bennie was orphaned as a boy when his mother died in childbirth and his father was killed in an accident shortly thereafter.
His teenage years were spent in the home of the Ole Amundsen family before Bennie enrolled in 1930 at the West Central School of Agriculture at Morris, Minnesota, where he played football and worked on the school's maintenance crew. When he graduated in 1933, the school yearbook noted, "Good-natured Bennie Cooper was everybody's friend."
Following his schooling, Bennie worked as a farmhand and also served in the Civilian Conservation Corps.
On July 30, 1938, he married Alice Florence Biss of rural Elbow Lake, Minnesota. The Coopers owned and operated a Grade A dairy farm near Wendell until the late 1970s when they retired to Prescott, Arizona, where they lived for over 30 years before relocating to Maryland.
Throughout their years of farming, the Coopers were active members of the Rock Prairie Lutheran Church. In Arizona, they were charter members of Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Prescott Valley. Bennie enjoyed fishing, card-playing and lively conversations with his many siblings, relatives and friends. In their retirement years, the Coopers enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and internationally. Alice died in February 2014.
Bennie was the father of three children, Bernice Cooper Anderson (deceased), David Cooper of Winchester, Virginia (retired data processing and educational specialist) and Michael Cooper-White of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Lutheran pastor currently serving as president of Gettysburg Seminary). Bennie was the last survivor from a large family of 12 children. In addition to his two sons and their wives, Diane Cooper and Pamela Cooper-White, Bennie is survived by seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
A memorial service and interment at Union Cemetery in Elbow Lake, Minnesota will take place at a date to be determined.
Information provided by survivors.
~~~~~~~
A Memorial service for Bennie and Alice Cooper
will be held on Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 10 a.m. at United Lutheran church in Elbow Lake, Minnesota, followed by interment of their ashes.
The Coopers were long-time Grant County residents, farming near Wendell until they retired to Arizona. Their final years were spent in a Maryland assisted living residence.
Alice died February 5, 2014 at age 92 and Bennie's life ended at age 100 on August 31, 2015.
The Rev. Dr. Robin Steinke, President of Luther Seminary in St. Paul, will preside. The Coopers' sons, David and Michael, and their families welcome your attendance.
~Published in the Grant County Herald, Elbow Lake, Minnesota - June 22, 2016.
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