Harold Layton Cooper, Sr.

1907 - 2005  (97 years)

• Name	Harold Layton Cooper
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	20 Aug 1907	Linwood, Leavenworth Co, Kansas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Feb 2005	Parsons, Labette Co, Kansas, USA
  Buried	Parsons, Labette Co, Kansas, USA (Memorial Lawn Cemetery)
  Person ID	I65970	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2013

  
  

  Father	Charles Blakley Cooper,   b. 2 May 1883, , Platte Co, Missouri, USA ,   d. 26 Jul 1968, , Napa Co, California, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Audrey G. McLane,   b. 18 Dec 1883, Springfield, Greene Co, Missouri, USA ,   d. 20 Aug 1910, Linwood, Leavenworth Co, Kansas, USA  (Age 26 years)
  Married	28 Nov 1906
  Family ID	F25930	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Opal Edith Tracy,   b. 6 Aug 1915, , Greene Co, Missouri, USA ,   d. 17 Feb 2009, Parsons, Labette Co, Kansas, USA  (Age 93 years)
  Married	2 Mar 1934	Columbus, Cherokee Co, Kansas, USA
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2013
  Family ID	F25932	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Cemetery: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=cooper&GSfn=harold&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=2005&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=10540149&df=all& [[ Obituary: Harold Layton Cooper PARSONS - Harold Layton Cooper, 97, of Parsons, died at 6:45 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005, at Labette County Medical Center in Parsons. He was born Aug. 20, 1907, in rural Linwood to Charles B. and Audrey (McLane) Cooper. He grew up in DeSoto, Kansas City, Kan., and rural Dennis. He attended the Sylvandale School west of Dennis. He married Opal Tracy on March 2, 1934, in Columbus. She survives. He had lived in Parsons since 1934. In the mid-1930s, he owned and operated Coopers' Cafe in Parsons. He operated the restaurant at Phipps Bowling Alley and worked at the Kansas Ordnance Plant. In 1942, he began working for M-K-T Railroad as ta conductor and brakeman. He retired in 1972. He was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, where he was active in the United Methodist men's group and the Criterion Sunday school class until a decline in his health. He was a member and past president of the Metro Club and was a member of the Parsons Lodge No. 117 AF & AM. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the National Association of Retired and Veteran Railway Employees. Additional survivors include one daughter, Sybil Sue Cooper of Garland, Texas; three sons, Harold "Bud" Cooper of Shawnee, Charles Cooper of Morrow, Ohio, and Steve Cooper of McCune; 12 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and two half sisters, Joyce Paxton of Holiday Island, Ark., and Margie Snodgrass of Sun City, Ariz. He was preceded in death by one infant sister, Julia May, and two half sisters, Mildred Wilson and Bessie Golden. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Carson-Wall Funeral Home in Parsons with the Rev. Paul Hett officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday. Arrangements are under the direction of Carson-Wall Funeral Home.