Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Cooper , A.T. ‘Jack’ February 21, 2005
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The Tehachapi News 
A.T. ‘Jack’ Cooper 

July 21, 1922 – Feb. 21, 2005

A.T. “Jack” Cooper passed away on Feb. 21. He was born July 21, 1922 in Taft 
and graduated from Taft High School. He was a 50-year member of the Taft 
Masonic Lodge and recently received the Golden Veterans Award from the 
California Grand Masonic Lodge. 

Jack served in the Army during World War II. 

He spent his life being a loving husband for 62 years to his wife, Edith 
Stewart Cooper, as well as a devoted father and grandfather.

He started his working career with Richfield Oil Co. in Taft. He and his 
family spent 20 years in Alaska, where he worked for Coastal Drilling and 
Parker Drilling Co. 

Upon their return to Kern County, Jack worked for Berry Holding Co. before 
retiring. He and Edith spent 18 years of retirement in Brookings, Ore. and 
then returned to Bakersfield.

Jack was preceded in death by the love of his life, his wife Edith, his son 
Wesley Ross Cooper and his daughter Gloria Jean Marston.

He is survived by his son A.T. “Chris” Cooper and daughter-in-law Dianne, with 
whom he lived in Stallion Springs. He is also survived by his grandchildren: 
Connie and husband Rick Cormier of Slidell, La.; Tim and wife Michele Cooper 
of Bakersfield; Keely Cooper and fiancé Loren Williams of Arlington, Texas; 
Teena and husband David Steele of Union, Ore.; 11 great-grandchildren; two 
great-great-grandchildren; sisters Evelyn and husband Art Radar of Grants 
Pass, Ore., and Jeanne Cooper of Los Angeles; and sister-in-law Betty O’Brien 
of Taft.

As to Mr. Cooper’s wishes, there were no services.

Cremation arrangements were handled by Wood Family Funeral Services.


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