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Debra Jo Cooper

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Debra Jo Cooper

Birth
Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, USA
Death
3 Jul 2021 (aged 62)
Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota, USA
Burial
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Debra Jo Cooper, 62, of Langdon, North Dakota, passed away Saturday, July 3, 2021, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Deb was born May 8, 1959, on Ladd Air Force Base in Fairbanks, Alaska, to Earl Wayne and Janice Elaine (Hanson) Cooper. She graduated from Monterey High School in Lubbock, Texas, in 1977. Deb joined the U.S. Army in 1977 after graduation. She completed her basic training at Fort Gordon, Georgia. She was then stationed in Stuttgart, Germany. After her return to the States, she completed her military service at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Deb then moved back home to Lubbock, Texas, to return to her family. It was there that she began her career in carpentry, working for Lee Lewis Construction.

Deb moved to Hannah, North Dakota, in 1998. She enjoyed making new friends and learning new job skills. Deb truly loved small town life. She worked various jobs in Hannah, Wales, and Frost Fire. She enjoyed being busy and was ready to try her skills at almost any trade. Deb moved to Grand Forks, North Dakota, to pursue her career in carpentry. She was a very talented finish carpenter but also worked on much larger sites. She was proud of her work with concrete and helped build the Wal-Mart at 32nd and Columbia in Grand Forks. She also worked on the parking garage at the University of North Dakota on Columbia Avenue, also located in Grand Forks. After finishing her career in construction, she moved here to Langdon to help care for her parents.

Deb loved golf, her guns, her cats, music, and appreciated a good joke, but most of all, she loved her friends. She was a devoted daughter and sister. She loved to visit, laugh, play games and had one of the fastest mouths in town. We love you, Deb.

Surviving Deb are her sister, Nancy Ellen (Don) Cooper-Muellenberg of Munich, North Dakota; nieces and nephews: Kylie Tyree (Garth) Land, Brooke Leigh (Charlie) Plunkett, Ashley Renee Dillman, Alaina Lenore Minyard, and Arianne Denise Minyard; and thirteen great-nieces and great-nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers, Bruce and Kevin.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, July 16, 2021, at Brooks Funeral Home in Langdon, North Dakota.

Published on the Brooks Funeral Home website.
Debra Jo Cooper, 62, of Langdon, North Dakota, passed away Saturday, July 3, 2021, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Deb was born May 8, 1959, on Ladd Air Force Base in Fairbanks, Alaska, to Earl Wayne and Janice Elaine (Hanson) Cooper. She graduated from Monterey High School in Lubbock, Texas, in 1977. Deb joined the U.S. Army in 1977 after graduation. She completed her basic training at Fort Gordon, Georgia. She was then stationed in Stuttgart, Germany. After her return to the States, she completed her military service at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Deb then moved back home to Lubbock, Texas, to return to her family. It was there that she began her career in carpentry, working for Lee Lewis Construction.

Deb moved to Hannah, North Dakota, in 1998. She enjoyed making new friends and learning new job skills. Deb truly loved small town life. She worked various jobs in Hannah, Wales, and Frost Fire. She enjoyed being busy and was ready to try her skills at almost any trade. Deb moved to Grand Forks, North Dakota, to pursue her career in carpentry. She was a very talented finish carpenter but also worked on much larger sites. She was proud of her work with concrete and helped build the Wal-Mart at 32nd and Columbia in Grand Forks. She also worked on the parking garage at the University of North Dakota on Columbia Avenue, also located in Grand Forks. After finishing her career in construction, she moved here to Langdon to help care for her parents.

Deb loved golf, her guns, her cats, music, and appreciated a good joke, but most of all, she loved her friends. She was a devoted daughter and sister. She loved to visit, laugh, play games and had one of the fastest mouths in town. We love you, Deb.

Surviving Deb are her sister, Nancy Ellen (Don) Cooper-Muellenberg of Munich, North Dakota; nieces and nephews: Kylie Tyree (Garth) Land, Brooke Leigh (Charlie) Plunkett, Ashley Renee Dillman, Alaina Lenore Minyard, and Arianne Denise Minyard; and thirteen great-nieces and great-nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and brothers, Bruce and Kevin.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, July 16, 2021, at Brooks Funeral Home in Langdon, North Dakota.

Published on the Brooks Funeral Home website.


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