Show FUNERAL SERVICES FOR joi JOHN COOPER HELD funeral services were held at tho the ward chapel lacot friday over the remains ot of john cooper an account of whose death was published in the progress last week bishop parker P robison of the fillmore ward presided the choir furnished the music with special numbers by a male tet let mrs airs F 11 partridge gave the opening prayer the speakers were peter L brunson Dr unson F A robison and T C callister Cal llster benediction was wag pronounced by asset asael fisher the grave was dedicated by fi F A on n mr cooper tho the son ot of james and ann north cooper was born in hb orough leicestershire Leicester shire england may 27 1834 in 1856 mr cooper lett left england in the ship enoc train and crossed the plains in captain william B hodgetts company as far as devils gate where chero he be together with about 20 other men were left during the winter ot of 1856 57 to watch the goods cached thero there by late emigrants ot of 56 tho next spring he be came on to baij salt lake and then came almost direct to fillmore where he has since lived mr cooper has tilled filled two missions onel one in 1854 55 before he be left england and again to Eng england larid in presiding over the leeds netting ham and london conferences conte confer rances ances mr cooper has tilled filled many ecclesto attical positions among them ward clerk superintendent ot of sunday school choir leader president ot of sev entice and counselor to the president ot of the stake high priests quorum mr cooper also held important offices in clial life city councilman deputy county clerk county treasurer and member ot of the gillmor school board ile he also served 1 in the indian war lie ile married mary ann lewis june ap 8 1857 with whom he had eight chil dren six of them are living mrs cooper died oct 90 1891 he married sarah ann kate newbold july 11 1 8 2 by this union seven childr children n were born six ot of whom are living she died in july 1300 1900 in 1902 mr air cooper married mrs clara al judson and she also has preceded him to the groat great beyond dying in july 1921 I 1 i air ir cooper is survived siiri vod by the following children william and frank cooper mrs may stevens stevena and mrs isabel fillmore arthur cooper aurora george cooper ogden nelson fred and ben cooper brovo mrs may ann davis Ifill springs can mrs airs amy gee and is s emily johnson ephraim also cit 64 grandchildren and 60 great grand children ildren th ci mr cooper was spoken of by the san akers at the funeral as a man with many friends one of the best loved men ell who has lived in fulmore fillmore ile he its a man of good cheer and a cell armed optimist people always found a him a ready help in ill times of 0 trou brou iao alo and a never ending source of good alicer in times of sorrow or apo ment j he fie was a man of great physical endurance and courage during his sp sylvice ivice in the dlack black hawk war he van a medal for bravery in n the trying times of the terrible winter at ri ails gate when he arid and the 1 f mon he be was with were reduced to A diet of raw hide he showed great for foitl tudo and stamina I 1 he lived his religion well and his hilj upright life was a source of inspiration 1 to all who knew him lie he was ji A lover of children and was never too loo busy to give them attention and a good word nor did his interest in thorn thom cease alter after they grew older and lie died rich in lasting lie ile had all of 0 the qualities of a pioneer and he took an active part in the pioneering ot of Fill fulmore mora arid deseret after living at the latter place tor for a few years ho he returned to alimore Pl Imore where lie he has lived ever since I 1 although 87 years old at the time ot of his death he be looked and acted much younger and was wag active both mentally and physically up to the time ot of his bis demise up to the time of 0 his eightieth year he hold held the of 1 flee of 0 county treasurer which pos i lie he filled efficiently for or twelve years receding preceding he ha will be greatly missed in rill fill more and the town which ho he helped to build will always owe him a debt of gratitude |