In Memory
Joan Ruth Petersen Cooper
- Birth
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Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska, USA
- Death
- 24 Feb 2011 (aged 86)
Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee, USA
- Burial
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Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee
- Plot
- Prayer, Section B #402
Joan Ruth Petersen Cooper, age 86, of Oak Ridge, passed away Thursday, February 24, 2011 at the Methodist Medical Center.
She was born December 14, 1924 in Hastings, Nebraska, the daughter of Benton Christian Petersen and Mary Artha Englebright Petersen.
Mrs. Cooper and her husband, Ray, were married and graduated from Kansas University in 1951. They moved to Tennessee when Ray accepted a job with Union Carbide at the Gaseous Diffusion Plant (K-25).
Mrs. Cooper was an Occupational Therapist and worked many years for the Daniel Arthur Rehabilitation Center and the Anderson County School System.
She was a long-time member of Covenant Presbyterian Church. She was an avid traveler and loved to knit, work in her yard, garden and grow African violets. She also took great pleasure in participating in a ladies investment club.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husband, Raymond Eugene Cooper, January 8, 1973.
She is survived by
Daughter, Susan Elizabeth Cooper Gammon and husband Frank of Huntersville, NC;
Sons, Kenneth Eugene Cooper and wife Abby of Andover, MA and
Michael Allan cooper and wife Kim of McDonald, TN;
6 Grandchildren, Brittany Elizabeth Gammon Allen and husband Wesley of Charlotte, NC, Michael Troy Gammon of Raleigh, NC, Evan Albert Cooper and Thomas Calvin Cooper of Andover, MA and Kerry Susan Cooper and Erin Ray Cooper of McDonald, TN. Mrs. Cooper was also eagerly anticipating the birth of her first great grandchild on April 1st.
The family will receive friends on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 from 9:30-11am at Weatherford Mortuary. The funeral will follow at 11am with Pastor C. N. Willborn officiating and burial will follow at Oak Ridge Memorial Park. The family asks that any memorials be made to Covenant Presbyterian Church Building Fund or to a charity of the donor's choice. An on-line guest book can be signed at www.weatherfordmortuary.com.
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