This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cooper Puchert Schroeder Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yl.2ADE/2348 Message Board Post: Lillian was the 2nd wife of Virgil Cooper 22 Aug. 1951 Davenport Daily Times MRS. V.A. COOPER DIES; IN HOSPITAL FOR THREE MONTHS Mrs. Virgil A. Cooper, 64, 2028 Ripley street, died at 8:30 a.m. today at Mt. Pleasant. She had been hospitalized for three months. The former Lillian S. Schroeder was born July 18, 1887, in Davenport, daughter of the late Henry and Minna Eckstein Schroeder. She was a resident of Davenport all her life. Mrs. Cooper was first married to Jacob Puchert, who preceded her in death. March 7, 1925, she was married to Mr. Cooper in Davenport. Mrs. Cooper was a member of First Christian church and Alberta camp, Royal Neighbors of America. Survivors include her husband; two sons, Frank Puchert, Cincinnati, OH, and Edward Puchert, Davenport; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Vincent L. Crowley, Davenport; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Bracker and Mrs. Earl Cardwell, both of Davenport; four granddaughters; four great grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews. The body was taken to Hill & Fredericks mortuary, where services will be held in the chapel at 3:30 p.m. Friday. Burial will be in Blue Grass cemetery.