Robert W. Cooper (1951)

COOPER, PATRICK, KNELLER, EISCHEN

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 1/6/2007 at 08:37:56

Winterset Madisonian - October 21, 1951
Winterset, Iowa

LORIMOR RESIDENT CRUSHED TO DEATH

Robert W. Cooper, aged 66, of Lorimor, was killed instantly last Thursday when a car he was working on, fell off a jack and crushed his chest.

Funeral services for the fatal accident victim were held Saturday afternoon at the Methodist church in Lorimor.

Mr. Cooper was born on May 1, 1885, in Henry county, Iowa. His wife was the former Jessie Patrick.

Since 1900 Mr. Cooper had been a farmer in the Lorimor community. He was a member of the Methodist church.

Surviving are his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Veanne Kneller of Prescott, Ia., Mrs. Corrinne Eischen of Van Wert, Ia., and Roberta Cooper of Omaha; two sons, Blair and Armand, both of Lorimor.

Officiating at the funeral services was the Rev. Wilkins. Burial was made in the Lorimor cemetery.