Dr. Hugh E. Cooper Jr., formerly of Hanna City, passed away Friday, August 23, 2019, in Des Moines, IA.
He was born on March 22, 1925, to Mildred and Hugh Cooper Sr., in Peoria, Illinois, and grew up in Bradford, then East Peoria. He attended St. John's Military Academy in Delafield, WI, from 1942-1943, and then joined the U.S. Army Air Force, and studied navigation. He was assigned to a unit serving the North Atlantic near the end of World War II, from 1944-1945. In 1950, he married Beryl L. Carlson of Chicago, who he met in pre-med classes at the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana. He continued on to medical school, also at the University of Illinois, and was an orthopedic surgeon in Peoria for decades, and then worked as a company physician and medical consultant in orthopedics for Caterpillar Tractor Company in Peoria.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Mary Lois ("Sissy") Cooper Cole of Springfield, IL.
He (and his wife) will be buried with a military ceremony at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery, 34024 Veterans Memorial Drive, Van Meter Iowa, on Monday, September 30, at 11 a.m.
Full obituary published in Peoria Journal Star from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2, 2019
He was born on March 22, 1925, to Mildred and Hugh Cooper Sr., in Peoria, Illinois, and grew up in Bradford, then East Peoria. He attended St. John's Military Academy in Delafield, WI, from 1942-1943, and then joined the U.S. Army Air Force, and studied navigation. He was assigned to a unit serving the North Atlantic near the end of World War II, from 1944-1945. In 1950, he married Beryl L. Carlson of Chicago, who he met in pre-med classes at the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana. He continued on to medical school, also at the University of Illinois, and was an orthopedic surgeon in Peoria for decades, and then worked as a company physician and medical consultant in orthopedics for Caterpillar Tractor Company in Peoria.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Mary Lois ("Sissy") Cooper Cole of Springfield, IL.
He (and his wife) will be buried with a military ceremony at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery, 34024 Veterans Memorial Drive, Van Meter Iowa, on Monday, September 30, at 11 a.m.
Full obituary published in Peoria Journal Star from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2, 2019
Dr. Hugh E. Cooper Jr., formerly of Hanna City, passed away Friday, August 23, 2019, in Des Moines, IA.
He was born on March 22, 1925, to Mildred and Hugh Cooper Sr., in Peoria, Illinois, and grew up in Bradford, then East Peoria. He attended St. John's Military Academy in Delafield, WI, from 1942-1943, and then joined the U.S. Army Air Force, and studied navigation. He was assigned to a unit serving the North Atlantic near the end of World War II, from 1944-1945. In 1950, he married Beryl L. Carlson of Chicago, who he met in pre-med classes at the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana. He continued on to medical school, also at the University of Illinois, and was an orthopedic surgeon in Peoria for decades, and then worked as a company physician and medical consultant in orthopedics for Caterpillar Tractor Company in Peoria.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Mary Lois ("Sissy") Cooper Cole of Springfield, IL.
He (and his wife) will be buried with a military ceremony at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery, 34024 Veterans Memorial Drive, Van Meter Iowa, on Monday, September 30, at 11 a.m.
Full obituary published in Peoria Journal Star from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2, 2019
He was born on March 22, 1925, to Mildred and Hugh Cooper Sr., in Peoria, Illinois, and grew up in Bradford, then East Peoria. He attended St. John's Military Academy in Delafield, WI, from 1942-1943, and then joined the U.S. Army Air Force, and studied navigation. He was assigned to a unit serving the North Atlantic near the end of World War II, from 1944-1945. In 1950, he married Beryl L. Carlson of Chicago, who he met in pre-med classes at the University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana. He continued on to medical school, also at the University of Illinois, and was an orthopedic surgeon in Peoria for decades, and then worked as a company physician and medical consultant in orthopedics for Caterpillar Tractor Company in Peoria.
He was preceded in death by his sister, Mary Lois ("Sissy") Cooper Cole of Springfield, IL.
He (and his wife) will be buried with a military ceremony at the Iowa Veterans Cemetery, 34024 Veterans Memorial Drive, Van Meter Iowa, on Monday, September 30, at 11 a.m.
Full obituary published in Peoria Journal Star from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2, 2019
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