OBIT: Virginia Almeda (YOUNKINS) COOPER, 2002, formerly of Somerset County, PA

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  COOPER
  
  Virginia Almeda Younkins Cooper, 89, of Frederick, Md., died March 5, 2002
  at the Northampton Manor Nursing Home, Frederick.  She was the wife of the
  Rev. Herbert Austin Cooper, her husband of 65 years who preceded her in
  death on Jan. 22, 1999.  Born March 22, 1912 in Brownsville, she was the
  daughter of the late Orville and B. and Martha F. Carter Younkins.  In
  addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her
  sister Olive Younkins Higdon and brother-in-law Douglas Higdon.  Mrs.
  Cooper is survived by her sons, Larry C. Cooper and wife Alice of
  Landenberg, and Lynn Cooper and wife Doris of Myersville, Md.; her
  grandchildren, Michael Cooper, and wife Melanie of Oakland, Md.; Douglas
  Cooper and wife Brigitte of New Market, Md., and Laura C. Love and husband
  Shawn of Nottingham; by her great-grandchildren, Ryan and Jessica Cooper,
  both of Oakland, Md., and by her niece, Deanna Higdon Hebb and husband Ted
  of Iamsville.  Over a 40 year span, Mrs. Cooper moved with her husband to
  various ministries within the Church of Brethren.  They had lived in
  Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland.  While her husband
  was in the Seminary in Illinois, she attended Bethany Bible School and
  received practical nursing training at the Bethany Hospital in Chicago. 
  She was past president of the Women's Fellowship at Brothersvalley, Barron
  Ridge and Pleasant View Brethren churches.  She was junior choir director
  and member of the choir at the Brothersvalley Church.  In addition, she
  organized and lead the Girls 4-H Club in Burkittsville; worked with the
  Church World Service Center in New Windsor, and in 1975 and 1979 organized
  trips to the Holy Lands.  She was a member of the Frederick Church of the
  Brethren.  She enjoyed her family and friends, church work and
  crocheting.  Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the
  Keeney and Basford Funeral Home, 106 East Church St., Frederick, Md. 
  Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Frederick Church of the
  Brethren, 201 Fairview Ave., Frederick.  The Rev. Paul Mundey will
  officiate.  Interment, Old Brownsville Church Cemetery, Brownsville.  In
  lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be made to the
  Frederick Church of the Brethren, 201 Fairview Ave., Frederick, Md. 21701
  or the charity of one's choice.
  
  Daily American, March 6, 2002
  
  [C0923-0924]