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Bertha H <I>Grunenfelder</I> Cooper

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Bertha H Grunenfelder Cooper

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12 Oct 2021 (aged 93)
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Iselin, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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Bertha Cooper
Date of Birth: March 9, 1928
Date of Death: October 12, 2021

Bertha Cooper passed away October 12, 2021, at age 93. She was born at the family farm on Michigan Hill in south Thurston County to Rudolf and Freida Grunenfelder, one of 12 children. She was a graduate of Centralia High School and briefly attended the College of Puget Sound, now UPS.

In 1948, Bertha married Edward W. Roberts. They raised three sons and Bertha enjoyed the hurly burly North Bethel Street house filled with busy boys. Bertha and Ed later divorced.

Bertha then married John H. Cooper. With John, she traveled extensively before settling for a while in Rochester and then back in Olympia.

Bertha's three sons survive her, Michael Roberts (Judy Hartmann), Tumwater; Daniel Roberts (Lesley), Olympia; and James Roberts (friend Linda Ellison), Tumwater. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews; their many visits over the years were thoroughly enjoyed.

John Cooper preceded her in death.

Services Friday October 15, 2021 Time: 10:00 am Synagogue Service, Officiating: Cantor Ofer Barnoy. Internment at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, 189 Gill Lane, Iselin, NJ.
Bertha Cooper
Date of Birth: March 9, 1928
Date of Death: October 12, 2021

Bertha Cooper passed away October 12, 2021, at age 93. She was born at the family farm on Michigan Hill in south Thurston County to Rudolf and Freida Grunenfelder, one of 12 children. She was a graduate of Centralia High School and briefly attended the College of Puget Sound, now UPS.

In 1948, Bertha married Edward W. Roberts. They raised three sons and Bertha enjoyed the hurly burly North Bethel Street house filled with busy boys. Bertha and Ed later divorced.

Bertha then married John H. Cooper. With John, she traveled extensively before settling for a while in Rochester and then back in Olympia.

Bertha's three sons survive her, Michael Roberts (Judy Hartmann), Tumwater; Daniel Roberts (Lesley), Olympia; and James Roberts (friend Linda Ellison), Tumwater. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews; their many visits over the years were thoroughly enjoyed.

John Cooper preceded her in death.

Services Friday October 15, 2021 Time: 10:00 am Synagogue Service, Officiating: Cantor Ofer Barnoy. Internment at Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, 189 Gill Lane, Iselin, NJ.

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