John Alexander "Jack" Cooper

1901 - 1970  (68 years)

• Name	John Alexander "Jack" Cooper
  Born	30 Mar 1901	Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Elected Office	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	councillor Hespeler
  Name	Jack Cooper
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1970	125 Kribs St., Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-90313
  Died	23 Feb 1970	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada
  Buried	New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I90313	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John Thomas Cooper,   b. Jan 1860, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Jul 1948, Fisher Mills, (Cambridge) Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 88 years)
  Mother	Jannet Stewart Adam,   b. Jan 1864, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F223592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Marshall "Bessie" Hortop,   b. 17 Jan 1902, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1985  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F57913	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  COOPER, JOHN ALEXANDER At the Private Patients Pavilion of Toronto General Hospital, on Monday afternoon, February 23, 1970, of 125 Krib St. in Hespeler, in his 69th year, following a brief illness. Husband of Elizabeth Hortop. Also survived by a brother, Albert of Fisher Mills; a sister, May (Mrs. John Thompson) of Sault Ste. Marie. Predeceased by two brothers. He was a well-known and highly respected resident of Hespeler and area, who was particularly active in the life of the community. He was born in Puslinch Township on March 30, 1901 and had lived in Hespeler and Fisher Mill area all his life. For six years, from 1960 to 1965, he served as a councillor on the Hespeler Municipal Council and was also a former chair of the Industrial Commission in Hespeler. A member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, he was a member of the Board of Managers. Active in Masonic and Oddfellow circles, he was a member and past noble grand of the Hespeler I. O. O. F. Lodge, a member and past master of the New Hope Masonic Lodge, a charter member of the Concord Lodge, a member of the Royal City Lodge of Perfection and Rose Croix, a member of the Moore Sovereign Consistory of Hamilton and a shriner with the Mocha Temple in London. Mr. Cooper was a commercial traveller with the Trilon Chemicals of Lachine, QC, until the time of his death. Service at the Nelson Funeral Home, 23 Galt St. in Hespeler on Thurs., Feb. 26 at 8 p. m. Interment was in Hespeler Cemetery, following cremation. Memorial services were held on Wednesday evening at 7 by the Hespeler I. O. O. F. Lodge and at 7: 30 by the New Hope Masonic Lodge. -Information from the birth certificate: Son of John T. Cooper and Janet Stewart Adams. A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  
  

• Sources

  [S342] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1911, Div. 6 Pg. 10.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Mar 1901 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Elected Office - councillor Hespeler - - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Presbyterian - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 23 Feb 1970 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth