H/o Edith Ruth
This obituary is from the Wednesday, March 16, 2011 edition of the Press Enterprise.
Edward W. Cooper Sr.
Korean War veteran held Deli chip patent
Edward W. Cooper Sr., 77, of Dorrance passed away Monday afternoon, March 14, 2011, at the Hospice Community Care Inpatient Unit at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre. He had been ill for the past seven years.
Born on Nov. 3, 1933, in Scranton, he was the son of the late Walter and Dora (Thompson) Cooper. He resided in Dorrance most of his life and attended the Newport Township schools. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War.
Mr. Cooper was employed by Wise Potato Chip Co., Berwick, where he worked in the New Construction Department and helped develop and held patent rights in the New York Deli Crunchers chips. He retired in 1998 after 47 years of service.
He was a member of the American Legion Post, Mountain Top.
Surviving are his wife of 50 years, the former Edith Ruth; five children: Edward W. Cooper Jr., Nuangola; James Cooper and his fiancee, Chris, Beach Haven; Sheila Cooper, Nanticoke; Brian Cooper, Dorrance; and Melanie Rogan and her husband, Sean, Nuangola; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandson; a sister, Lois Huntzinger, and her husband, Joe, Slocum; and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a niece, Lynn Ann Hildebrand.
Funeral services will begin Friday at 9:15 a.m. from Davis-Dinelli Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad St., Nanticoke, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Mary Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church, Dorrance, with the Rev. Gerald Shantillo as celebrant.
Interment will follow in Emmanuel United Church of Christ Cemetery, Dorrance.
Visitation will be Thursday from 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, Wyoming Valley Unit, 190 Welles St., Suite 118, Forty Fort, PA 18704 or to the Luzerne County SPCA, 524 E. Main St., Fox Hill Road, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702.
This obituary is from the Wednesday, March 16, 2011 edition of the Press Enterprise.
Edward W. Cooper Sr.
Korean War veteran held Deli chip patent
Edward W. Cooper Sr., 77, of Dorrance passed away Monday afternoon, March 14, 2011, at the Hospice Community Care Inpatient Unit at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre. He had been ill for the past seven years.
Born on Nov. 3, 1933, in Scranton, he was the son of the late Walter and Dora (Thompson) Cooper. He resided in Dorrance most of his life and attended the Newport Township schools. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War.
Mr. Cooper was employed by Wise Potato Chip Co., Berwick, where he worked in the New Construction Department and helped develop and held patent rights in the New York Deli Crunchers chips. He retired in 1998 after 47 years of service.
He was a member of the American Legion Post, Mountain Top.
Surviving are his wife of 50 years, the former Edith Ruth; five children: Edward W. Cooper Jr., Nuangola; James Cooper and his fiancee, Chris, Beach Haven; Sheila Cooper, Nanticoke; Brian Cooper, Dorrance; and Melanie Rogan and her husband, Sean, Nuangola; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandson; a sister, Lois Huntzinger, and her husband, Joe, Slocum; and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a niece, Lynn Ann Hildebrand.
Funeral services will begin Friday at 9:15 a.m. from Davis-Dinelli Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad St., Nanticoke, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Mary Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church, Dorrance, with the Rev. Gerald Shantillo as celebrant.
Interment will follow in Emmanuel United Church of Christ Cemetery, Dorrance.
Visitation will be Thursday from 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, Wyoming Valley Unit, 190 Welles St., Suite 118, Forty Fort, PA 18704 or to the Luzerne County SPCA, 524 E. Main St., Fox Hill Road, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702.
H/o Edith Ruth
This obituary is from the Wednesday, March 16, 2011 edition of the Press Enterprise.
Edward W. Cooper Sr.
Korean War veteran held Deli chip patent
Edward W. Cooper Sr., 77, of Dorrance passed away Monday afternoon, March 14, 2011, at the Hospice Community Care Inpatient Unit at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre. He had been ill for the past seven years.
Born on Nov. 3, 1933, in Scranton, he was the son of the late Walter and Dora (Thompson) Cooper. He resided in Dorrance most of his life and attended the Newport Township schools. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War.
Mr. Cooper was employed by Wise Potato Chip Co., Berwick, where he worked in the New Construction Department and helped develop and held patent rights in the New York Deli Crunchers chips. He retired in 1998 after 47 years of service.
He was a member of the American Legion Post, Mountain Top.
Surviving are his wife of 50 years, the former Edith Ruth; five children: Edward W. Cooper Jr., Nuangola; James Cooper and his fiancee, Chris, Beach Haven; Sheila Cooper, Nanticoke; Brian Cooper, Dorrance; and Melanie Rogan and her husband, Sean, Nuangola; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandson; a sister, Lois Huntzinger, and her husband, Joe, Slocum; and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a niece, Lynn Ann Hildebrand.
Funeral services will begin Friday at 9:15 a.m. from Davis-Dinelli Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad St., Nanticoke, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Mary Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church, Dorrance, with the Rev. Gerald Shantillo as celebrant.
Interment will follow in Emmanuel United Church of Christ Cemetery, Dorrance.
Visitation will be Thursday from 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, Wyoming Valley Unit, 190 Welles St., Suite 118, Forty Fort, PA 18704 or to the Luzerne County SPCA, 524 E. Main St., Fox Hill Road, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702.
This obituary is from the Wednesday, March 16, 2011 edition of the Press Enterprise.
Edward W. Cooper Sr.
Korean War veteran held Deli chip patent
Edward W. Cooper Sr., 77, of Dorrance passed away Monday afternoon, March 14, 2011, at the Hospice Community Care Inpatient Unit at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre. He had been ill for the past seven years.
Born on Nov. 3, 1933, in Scranton, he was the son of the late Walter and Dora (Thompson) Cooper. He resided in Dorrance most of his life and attended the Newport Township schools. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War.
Mr. Cooper was employed by Wise Potato Chip Co., Berwick, where he worked in the New Construction Department and helped develop and held patent rights in the New York Deli Crunchers chips. He retired in 1998 after 47 years of service.
He was a member of the American Legion Post, Mountain Top.
Surviving are his wife of 50 years, the former Edith Ruth; five children: Edward W. Cooper Jr., Nuangola; James Cooper and his fiancee, Chris, Beach Haven; Sheila Cooper, Nanticoke; Brian Cooper, Dorrance; and Melanie Rogan and her husband, Sean, Nuangola; 11 grandchildren; one great-grandson; a sister, Lois Huntzinger, and her husband, Joe, Slocum; and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a niece, Lynn Ann Hildebrand.
Funeral services will begin Friday at 9:15 a.m. from Davis-Dinelli Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad St., Nanticoke, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Mary Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church, Dorrance, with the Rev. Gerald Shantillo as celebrant.
Interment will follow in Emmanuel United Church of Christ Cemetery, Dorrance.
Visitation will be Thursday from 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, Wyoming Valley Unit, 190 Welles St., Suite 118, Forty Fort, PA 18704 or to the Luzerne County SPCA, 524 E. Main St., Fox Hill Road, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702.
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