IN MEMORY OF

Charles Jacob Cooper

Born August 19, 1890
Adams County, Iowa

ENTERED INTO REST
Monday, February 25, 1985
Atlantic, Iowa
at the age of
94 years, 6 months, 6 days

FUNERAL SERVICE
Thursday, February 28, 1985
One-thirty p.m.
Roland Funeral Home
Atlantic, Iowa

OFFICIATING
Mr. Dale Sunderman

MUSICAL SELECTIONS
“Beyond the Sunset”
“How Great Thou Art”

BEARERS
James Waters—David Sunderman
Harold Steffen—Howard Shaw
Robert Riggs—Robert Coughlin

CONCLUDING SERVICES
Field of Glory
Atlantic Cemetery
Atlantic, Iowa

Military service at Graveside by the
Atlantic American Legion Post No. 43

Friends and relatives are invited to
810 Chestnut following
The committal services

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Charles J. Cooper, 94, a resident of rural Cumberland, passed away Monday afternoon at the Miller Retirement Home in Atlantic where he had resided since December of 1983.
The son of Charles Edward and Clara Marie Leonard Cooper, he was born August 19, 1890 in Adams County, Iowa and was married to Ethel Jones on May 29, 1936. He grew up in the Grant and Cumberland areas and in his early years he worked as a farm hand and later as a caterpillar tractor operator helping to build roads. He served with the Army during World War I and for many years he mined coal in the Carbon and Briscoe areas before retiring on an acreage southwest of Cumberland.
He is survived by his wife, who resides at the Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Anita; a sister, Lillie Cooper of the Atlantic Care Center; three brothers, Jess Cooper of Oshkosh, Nebraska, Walt Cooper of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and Ben Cooper of Hemingford, Nebraska; a nephew, Vergal Sothman of Griswold; three nieces, Leona Johnson of Atlantic, Mrs. Orval (Clara) Sunderman of Griswold and Darlene Petersen of Cumberland; and other nieces and nephews, relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Esther Sothman and Hazel Marie as a small child; and five brothers, Robert, Harry, Fred, Frank and Jay Cooper.
Interment will be the Field of Glory at the Atlantic Cemetery.

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Added note: Charlie was one of the early pioneers.
He like to hunt and trap. He always had a soda
pop for the kids.
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