Last rites held for John Cooper
Funeral services will be held in Dimmitt Saturday for John Cooper of Roosevelt, Utah, who died Tuesday morning in the VA Hospital in Salt Lake City.
Mrs. Cooper, a victim of cancer, was the brother-in-law of Mrs. Lewis Neal of Dimmitt.
Last rites will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Lee Street Baptist Church, with Rev. Charles Harris, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Castro Memorial Gardens, under the direction of Dennis Funeral Home.
A native of Oklahoma, Mr. Cooper was a long-time employee of the Texas Highway Dept. in Tulia. Also, he and his wife, Hazel, managed the Hillcrest Motel in Tulia for several years. He had been employed by a seismographic company at Roosevelt for the last eight or 10 years.
In addition to his sister-in-law here, he is survived by his wife, Hazel; two sons, Ronnie and Randy; a daughter, Diane Manning; and two grandchildren.
(Published in The Castro County News, 46th Year- No. 33, Dimmitt, Texas, Thursday, Mary 24, 1973, Page 1)
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Elmer John Cooper, age 50, died May 22 in a Salt Lake Veterans hospital. He was born in Snyder, Okla., Nov. 21 [sic], 1922. He lived in Roosevelt about one year and worked for the Uintah Basin Drilling.
Survivors include sons and daughters, Ronald Clay, Ft. Knox, Ky.; Randal Ray, Fredonia, Ariz.; Diane Manning, Roosevelt, Roosevelt [sic]; wife, Hazel Cooper, Roosevelt. Three grandsons.
Mr. Cooper was buried in the Dimmit [sic] Texas Cemetery.
(Published in The Uintah Basin Standard (Roosevelt, Utah) - 31 May 1973, Thu - Page 2)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Elmer John Cooper
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 19
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 1 Nov 1922
Birth Place: Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA
Residence Place: Manitou, Tillman, Oklahoma, USA
Registration Date: 29 Jun 1942
Registration Place: Manitou, Tillman, Oklahoma, USA
Employer: Conan Ballard
Height: 5 11
Weight: 143
Complexion: Light
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Next of Kin: O L Cooper
Household Members Age Relationship
Elmer John Cooper 20 Self (Head)
O L Cooper Father
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Elmer John Cooper
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1 Nov 1922
Death Date: 22 May 1973
Enlistment Branch: ARMY
Enlistment Date: 11 Nov 1942
Discharge Date: 4 Dec 1945
Enlistment Date 1: 1 Dec 1942
Page number: 1
Funeral services will be held in Dimmitt Saturday for John Cooper of Roosevelt, Utah, who died Tuesday morning in the VA Hospital in Salt Lake City.
Mrs. Cooper, a victim of cancer, was the brother-in-law of Mrs. Lewis Neal of Dimmitt.
Last rites will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Lee Street Baptist Church, with Rev. Charles Harris, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Castro Memorial Gardens, under the direction of Dennis Funeral Home.
A native of Oklahoma, Mr. Cooper was a long-time employee of the Texas Highway Dept. in Tulia. Also, he and his wife, Hazel, managed the Hillcrest Motel in Tulia for several years. He had been employed by a seismographic company at Roosevelt for the last eight or 10 years.
In addition to his sister-in-law here, he is survived by his wife, Hazel; two sons, Ronnie and Randy; a daughter, Diane Manning; and two grandchildren.
(Published in The Castro County News, 46th Year- No. 33, Dimmitt, Texas, Thursday, Mary 24, 1973, Page 1)
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Elmer John Cooper, age 50, died May 22 in a Salt Lake Veterans hospital. He was born in Snyder, Okla., Nov. 21 [sic], 1922. He lived in Roosevelt about one year and worked for the Uintah Basin Drilling.
Survivors include sons and daughters, Ronald Clay, Ft. Knox, Ky.; Randal Ray, Fredonia, Ariz.; Diane Manning, Roosevelt, Roosevelt [sic]; wife, Hazel Cooper, Roosevelt. Three grandsons.
Mr. Cooper was buried in the Dimmit [sic] Texas Cemetery.
(Published in The Uintah Basin Standard (Roosevelt, Utah) - 31 May 1973, Thu - Page 2)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Elmer John Cooper
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 19
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 1 Nov 1922
Birth Place: Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA
Residence Place: Manitou, Tillman, Oklahoma, USA
Registration Date: 29 Jun 1942
Registration Place: Manitou, Tillman, Oklahoma, USA
Employer: Conan Ballard
Height: 5 11
Weight: 143
Complexion: Light
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Next of Kin: O L Cooper
Household Members Age Relationship
Elmer John Cooper 20 Self (Head)
O L Cooper Father
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Elmer John Cooper
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1 Nov 1922
Death Date: 22 May 1973
Enlistment Branch: ARMY
Enlistment Date: 11 Nov 1942
Discharge Date: 4 Dec 1945
Enlistment Date 1: 1 Dec 1942
Page number: 1
Last rites held for John Cooper
Funeral services will be held in Dimmitt Saturday for John Cooper of Roosevelt, Utah, who died Tuesday morning in the VA Hospital in Salt Lake City.
Mrs. Cooper, a victim of cancer, was the brother-in-law of Mrs. Lewis Neal of Dimmitt.
Last rites will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Lee Street Baptist Church, with Rev. Charles Harris, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Castro Memorial Gardens, under the direction of Dennis Funeral Home.
A native of Oklahoma, Mr. Cooper was a long-time employee of the Texas Highway Dept. in Tulia. Also, he and his wife, Hazel, managed the Hillcrest Motel in Tulia for several years. He had been employed by a seismographic company at Roosevelt for the last eight or 10 years.
In addition to his sister-in-law here, he is survived by his wife, Hazel; two sons, Ronnie and Randy; a daughter, Diane Manning; and two grandchildren.
(Published in The Castro County News, 46th Year- No. 33, Dimmitt, Texas, Thursday, Mary 24, 1973, Page 1)
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Elmer John Cooper, age 50, died May 22 in a Salt Lake Veterans hospital. He was born in Snyder, Okla., Nov. 21 [sic], 1922. He lived in Roosevelt about one year and worked for the Uintah Basin Drilling.
Survivors include sons and daughters, Ronald Clay, Ft. Knox, Ky.; Randal Ray, Fredonia, Ariz.; Diane Manning, Roosevelt, Roosevelt [sic]; wife, Hazel Cooper, Roosevelt. Three grandsons.
Mr. Cooper was buried in the Dimmit [sic] Texas Cemetery.
(Published in The Uintah Basin Standard (Roosevelt, Utah) - 31 May 1973, Thu - Page 2)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Elmer John Cooper
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 19
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 1 Nov 1922
Birth Place: Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA
Residence Place: Manitou, Tillman, Oklahoma, USA
Registration Date: 29 Jun 1942
Registration Place: Manitou, Tillman, Oklahoma, USA
Employer: Conan Ballard
Height: 5 11
Weight: 143
Complexion: Light
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Next of Kin: O L Cooper
Household Members Age Relationship
Elmer John Cooper 20 Self (Head)
O L Cooper Father
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Elmer John Cooper
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1 Nov 1922
Death Date: 22 May 1973
Enlistment Branch: ARMY
Enlistment Date: 11 Nov 1942
Discharge Date: 4 Dec 1945
Enlistment Date 1: 1 Dec 1942
Page number: 1
Funeral services will be held in Dimmitt Saturday for John Cooper of Roosevelt, Utah, who died Tuesday morning in the VA Hospital in Salt Lake City.
Mrs. Cooper, a victim of cancer, was the brother-in-law of Mrs. Lewis Neal of Dimmitt.
Last rites will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Lee Street Baptist Church, with Rev. Charles Harris, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Castro Memorial Gardens, under the direction of Dennis Funeral Home.
A native of Oklahoma, Mr. Cooper was a long-time employee of the Texas Highway Dept. in Tulia. Also, he and his wife, Hazel, managed the Hillcrest Motel in Tulia for several years. He had been employed by a seismographic company at Roosevelt for the last eight or 10 years.
In addition to his sister-in-law here, he is survived by his wife, Hazel; two sons, Ronnie and Randy; a daughter, Diane Manning; and two grandchildren.
(Published in The Castro County News, 46th Year- No. 33, Dimmitt, Texas, Thursday, Mary 24, 1973, Page 1)
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Elmer John Cooper, age 50, died May 22 in a Salt Lake Veterans hospital. He was born in Snyder, Okla., Nov. 21 [sic], 1922. He lived in Roosevelt about one year and worked for the Uintah Basin Drilling.
Survivors include sons and daughters, Ronald Clay, Ft. Knox, Ky.; Randal Ray, Fredonia, Ariz.; Diane Manning, Roosevelt, Roosevelt [sic]; wife, Hazel Cooper, Roosevelt. Three grandsons.
Mr. Cooper was buried in the Dimmit [sic] Texas Cemetery.
(Published in The Uintah Basin Standard (Roosevelt, Utah) - 31 May 1973, Thu - Page 2)
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U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Elmer John Cooper
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 19
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 1 Nov 1922
Birth Place: Kiowa, Oklahoma, USA
Residence Place: Manitou, Tillman, Oklahoma, USA
Registration Date: 29 Jun 1942
Registration Place: Manitou, Tillman, Oklahoma, USA
Employer: Conan Ballard
Height: 5 11
Weight: 143
Complexion: Light
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Next of Kin: O L Cooper
Household Members Age Relationship
Elmer John Cooper 20 Self (Head)
O L Cooper Father
U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
Name: Elmer John Cooper
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1 Nov 1922
Death Date: 22 May 1973
Enlistment Branch: ARMY
Enlistment Date: 11 Nov 1942
Discharge Date: 4 Dec 1945
Enlistment Date 1: 1 Dec 1942
Page number: 1
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