This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cooper Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yl.2ADE/2344 Message Board Post: John is the son of John & Rowena (Lair) Cooper clipping from unidentified newspaper ROCK ISLAND JOHN COOPER Services for John P. Cooper, 97, of 4105 27th Ave., Rock Island, will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Knox-Larson Funeral Home, Rock Island. Burial will be in the Blue Grass Cemetery. Visitation is after noon today. He died Sunday at St. Luke's Hospital. Memorials may be made to Memorial Christian Church, Rock Island. He had been a farmer, a painter and an employee of the Davenport Elevator Co., retiring in 1953. Mr. Cooper was born in Muscatine County, Iowa. He married Elsie Dodge in 1906 in Rock Island. She died in 1973. He had lived in the Blue Grass area 40 years before moving to Rock Island in 1962. He was a 77 year member of the Modern Woodmen of America and of the Descendants of Pioneers of Scott County, which he served as president in 1959. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Glenn S. (Cleo) Harvey, Rock Island; two grandchildren; five great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild. ------------ Memorial Tract JOHN PERRY COOPER Age 97 Years Born: May 4, 1881 Muscatine County, Iowa Parents: John P. and Rowena Lear Cooper Married: Elsie Z. Dodge September 5, 1906 Rock Island, Illinois (Elsie) died January 11, 1973 Daughters: Mrs. Cleo I. Harvey Miss Effie Cooper, Deceased * * * * * * * * * * * * Died: Sunday, January 28, 1979 Davenport, Iowa Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Wed., Jan. 31, 1979 Larson Funeral Home, Rock Island, Illinois Minister: Rev. Robert Karl Miller Burial: Blue Grass Cemetery, Blue Grass, Iowa