CB Post has been moving around of late and unavailable online at times. The new web site is: http://www.capebretonpost.com The obits are now online again, and one today applies to NFLD Jeri Carl Mills Cooper, Kempt Road, Richmond County - It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Carl Mills Cooper, 82, Kempt Road, Richmond County, Aug. 13, 2003. Born in Bluff Head Cove, Random Island, Trinity Bay, Nfld., he was a son of the late Daniel and Rachael (Mills) Cooper. He was a veteran of the Second World War, having served with the Canadian Armored Corps RCD in the United Kingdom, Central Mediterranean Area in Italy and North West Europe. Carl worked in the foundry department of Dosco for 27 years, retiring from there in 1963. He operated Coopers General Store in Cleveland, Richmond County, for four years. He worked at construction sites at the Heavy Water Plant and the Gulf Oil Refinery at Point Tupper, from there he worked as safety officer for Consolidated Maintenance. He served on the board of directors of Riverdale Credit Union for several terms and on the Port Hawkesbury Co-op board of directors. He was an avid reader and delighted especially in poetry. He was a great storyteller and a staunch union man who believed in the dignity and rights of people to better themselves. A man of strong faith he was a member of St. Josephs Parish, Port Hawkesbury. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 53 years, Mary Elizabeth (Mason); daughters, Bethalea Cooper Downing, Port Hawkesbury, and Rachael Cooper Neil (Danny), Norway; sons, Mark (Debra), Cape Jack, Jamie (Brenda), Port Hastings, Carl Owen (Catherine), Fall River, Brian (Sharon), Bedford, Michael (Laura), Tracadie, Donald, Toronto, Ont., Leo (Dorothy), Grand Anse, C.B., and Thomas, New York, U.S.A.; sister, Audrey Stephen, Victoria, B.C.; grandchildren, Samuel, Anastasia, Benedict Downing, Port Hawkesbury, Uriah and Oakley Cooper, Cape Jack, Matthew, Daniel, Port Hastings, C.B., Jesse, Clyde, Fall River, Maria Claire, Bedford, Katrina, Grand Anse, C.B., Jacob and Emily Mia, Norway. He will be sadly missed by several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by sisters, Lillian Peck, Irene Buttle, Annie Blanche, brothers, Loyal, Clarence, Clyde and Walter. Visitation will take place from 2-9 p.m. today, with Legion tribute service at 7 p.m. with vigil service at 8:30 p.m. in Dennis Haverstock Funeral Home, Port Hawkesbury. Funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday in St. Josephs Church, Port Hawkesbury, with Fr. Bill Crisp officiating. Burial will take place in St. Francis de Sales Cemetery, Lower River Inhabitants. Family flowers only please. Memorial donations may be made to St. Francis de Sales Cemetery Fund or Development and Peace St. Josephs Parish, Port Hawkesbury or Strait Richmond Hospital Palliative Care. Online condolences to info@haverstocks.com.