Thomas Z. Cooper 1882 - 1966

COOPER, COLE

Posted By: Connie Swearingen - volunteer (email)
Date: 3/18/2016 at 22:31:45

Sioux City Journal
2 May 1966

Thomas Z. Cooper, 84, 603 W. Fifth St., South Sioux City, died Sunday at a Sioux City hospital after a year’s illness.

Mr. Cooper was born Feb. 22, 1882 at Jackson, Missouri. He married Amelia Cole on December 30, 1911 at Pender, Nebraska. They farmed near Macy and Walthill, Nebraska until 1942 when they retired and moved to South Sioux City. Mrs. Cooper died on September 7, 1952, in Sioux City.

Survivors include Mrs. Poulsen: one son, William of Sioux City; a sister, Mrs. Freda Olson of Sioux City; one grandson, and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the First Lutheran Church. The Rev. Stanley O. Satre will officiate. Burial will be in Graceland Park Cemetery under the direction of the Nelson-Berger Funeral Home in Morningside.

Pallbearers are Robert Wilcox, Lester Brosamie, Alton Swanson, Lester Dickson, John Yepsen and Ted Juhl.