Obituaries
 By  Staff Reports Published 
3:26 pm Monday, January 18, 2016

Ronald James Cooper

Ronald James Cooper, 84, passed away Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016 at his residence. He was born in Gary, Ind. to Sidney and Florence Cooper. He was a custodian for an elementary school and was a veteran of the US Air Force. He attended Christ the King Catholic church in Fulton. He loved working on genealogy and collecting antiques and cookbooks.

There was not a public service.

Survivors include three brothers and one sister, Kenneth Cooper and wife, Lois, Leonard Cooper and wife, Jan, Phyllis Evans and husband, Danny and Robert Cooper and wife, Ginny; host of nieces and nephews; special friend, Waylon Provins.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Sidney Cooper Jr. and one sister, Jeanette Sibbrell.

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