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Gerald Dean Cooper 1922–2016 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 August 1922

Birth Location: Oakley, Cassia County, Idaho, USA

Death Date: 1 August 2016

Death Location: Lemhi County, Idaho, USA

Father: Joseph Cooper

Mother: Cecil Hall

Spouse(s): Joan Osward, Miriam Gerken

Children(s): Leigh Cooper

In 1922, Gerald Dean Cooper entered the world in Oakley, Cassia County, Idaho, USA, born to Joseph Wesley Wes Cooper And Cecil Gladys Hall. Gerald Dean Cooper married Joan Louise Osward, Miriam Alma Gerken, and had children including Leigh Cooper. Gerald Dean Cooper passed away in 2016 in Lemhi County, Idaho, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1922, Gerald Dean Cooper entered the world in Oakley, Cassia County, Idaho, USA, born to Joseph Wesley Wes Cooper And Cecil Gladys Hall.
  • Gerald Dean Cooper married Joan Louise Osward, Miriam Alma Gerken, and had children including Leigh Cooper.
  • Gerald Dean Cooper passed away in 2016 in Lemhi County, Idaho, USA.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Gerald Cooper's Ancestors

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Gerald Cooper
1922–2016
Birth Place: Oakley, Cassia County, Idaho, USA
Parents
Joseph Wesley "Wes" Cooper
1890–1971
Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, USA
Cecil (Gladys) Hall
1899–1965
Mercur, Tooele, Utah, USA
Grandparents
Joseph (Wesley "Joe") Cooper
1871–1920
Oxford, Franklin, Idaho, USA
Florence (Mae ( Dorothy " Doll")) McBride
1873–1973
-, Deep Creek, Tooele, Utah
William (Edwin) Hall
1836–1899
Pittsfield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
Helena Dalton
1855–1943
Newton Heath, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
Joseph McBride
1849–1937
Jane Jibson
1851–1938
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas McBride
1832–1911
Harriet Sampson
1829–1909
John Jibson
1828–1904
Harriet Milner
1826–1882

Gerald Cooper's Descendants

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Gerald (Dean) Cooper (24 August 1922–1 August 2016) m. Joan (Louise) Osward (7 December 1926–31 July 1999) m. Miriam (Alma) Gerken (1 January 1937–26 February 2015)
  1. 1. Leigh Cooper 1951–2007 m. Kenneth (William) Hendrix 1948–2008

Gerald Cooper's Timeline

2 Records

1922
24 August 1922
Birth of Gerald Dean Cooper in Oakley, Cassia County, Idaho, USA
Oakley, Cassia County, Idaho, USA
2016
1 August 2016
Age 94
Death of Gerald Dean Cooper in Lemhi County, Idaho, USA
Lemhi County, Idaho, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 August 1922
    Event Place: Oakley, Cassia County, Idaho, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 August 2016
    Event Place: Lemhi County, Idaho, USA

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