Meade County, SD Obituaries.....Cooper, John Mendham May 20, 1936
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Black Hills Press 25 June 1936
     Funeral services for John Mendham Cooper,who passed away at his home in 
Sturgis,Saturday morning from dropsy,were held from the family residence on 
Junction Avenue on Tuesday afternoon at 2 O'clock. There was a large 
attendance of friends and neighbors,with Rev. Carroll D. Erskine of the 
Sturgis Prebyterian church officiating.Miss Marjorie Hampton presided at the 
piano. Mrs.Frank Huffman and Miss Ruth Shaw sand two duets.The casket was 
covered with a profusion of floral emblems. Internment was in the Bear Butte
cemetery,under the direction of the F.O.Jolley Funeral Home.The pallbearers 
were Georg and James McNenny,Walter and Ernest Lamberton,Fred Froescher and 
Peter Hansen.
    Mr. Cooper was born January 1 1856 in Schoolcraft,Mich. He came to the 
Black Hills in 1878,and had for many years been engaged in the lumber business
with his brother,the late Thomas Cooper. He was married to Flora Rupe in 
Sturgis in 1894,who with their four daughters,survive him.The daughters 
are,Mrs.R.D.Beckley of Kansas City,who was here for the funeral;Mrs.Samuel 
A.Coulthard of Burlingame,Cal;Mrs. Ferroll Onstott of Sturgis;and Miss.Bessie 
Cooper at home.There are six grandchildren and one sister,who lives seven 
miles north of Sturgis.
    Mr. Cooper was a devoted husband,father and honorable in all the 
relationships of life and was held in high esteem by his fellowmen. 

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