Cooper, Jennie 1851-1925

COOPER, HAYES, MYATT, BROWN, KING, THROOP

Posted By: Jo (email)
Date: 5/15/2007 at 09:11:32

GOOD WIFE AND MOTHER LAID TO REST THURSDAY AFTERNOON
The blossoms of spring with their dainty beauty and fragrance, the verdue of all nature as it springs into lovliness, form indeed most fitting portals at the exit of earthly life and entrance into the Great Beyond. In the passing of Mrs. George Cooper Sr., another home of our city has been deprived of a devoted wife and loving mother; neighbors have lost a loyal friend whose hand was always extended to those in want and need; the ranks of our good citizenship have been weakened and we all feel that another good mother has left us.
Those who fully understand the consecration and sacrifices of good mothers could clearly see in the life of Mrs. Cooper the true exemplification of these virtues. Her idols lingered around the home fires; her temple was there and her happiest hours were spent amid the atmosphere and the compainionships that gathered around that shrine of al worldly shrines, "Home sweet home." How glad Mrs. Cooper was when an opportunity came to do good unto others; how willing those hands when they might lift the burden of another; how happy her heart when she could brush aside the clouds of sorrow that a neighbor, a friend might find the way brighter.
Can there be anything more beautiful than the closing of a life that has been devoted to the love of family, the welfare of friends and the enhancement of noble citizenship? Such memories serve as the rock of ages in the lives of loved ones left, and stand an undying example to the community which has been so wonderfully served.
And as the flowers of Spring bloom fresh over her mound, we fee that on this mother's grave these blossoms will have an added fragrance, a color more sublime, so amid this beauty we leave "Mother" to sleep.

Mrs. Jennie Hayes Cooper was born April 18, 1851 at Napoleon, Ripley county, Indiana. When a girl of thirteen years in the year 1864 she came with her parents to Iowa where they settled on a farm near Fulton. There she was married August 13, 1868, to George Cooper and they lived on a farm near Fulton for a few years, then moved to a farm south of town where they lived until 1881 when they moved to Maquoketa where they have resided for 44 years. She passed away Tuesday, April 20 (1925), AT 12:45 A.M., having just passed her 74th birthday.
She was the mother of eight children, two of whom died in infancy, one daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Myatt, died July 8, 1908, and one son, Fred, passed away in October 1913.
Those living are George Cooper, Jr. and Mrs. Grace Brown of Maquoketa, Mrs. H. E. King of Chicago, and Frank of Pueblo, Colo., who was unable to attend the funeral because of illness in the family. Also twenty-one grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren survive.
Two brothers also survive, Sylvester Hayes of Maquoketa and Oce Hayes of Davenport; and one sister, Mrs. Ethel Throop of Los Angeles.
She was an honored member of the O.E.S. and Congregational church.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 this Thursday afternoon from the late home on West Platt street, Rev. A.W. Sinden officiating. Interment was made in Mt. Hope cemetery.