Vera E. Cooper

Vera Esther (Bracken) Cooper of Newtown, wife of the late Jack Carter Cooper, died July 28 at Danbury Hospital after a short illness.

Mrs Cooper was born in Norwalk on May 9, 1914, daughter of the late Ruth Meeker-Hawkins (Bracken) and Elmer Francis Bracken. She was a January 1931 graduate of Norwalk High School. She was married to Jack Cooper in September 1938 at the Episcopal Church in East Norwalk with a reception following at Silvermine Tavern in Norwalk. They lived in East Norwalk until moving to Newtown in 1951.

Mrs Cooper is survived by her sons, David C. Cooper and his wife, Patricia, of Bridgewater, and James B. Cooper and his wife, Karen, of Ridgefield; and her sister, Betty June and her husband, Norman Sculley, of East Norwalk. She was predeceased by her sisters, Phyllis Virginia Tolles of Bethlehem, and Ruth “Babe” Bracken of Norwalk.

She is also survived by her grandchildren, Kevin Cooper of Warren, Michael Cooper of Bridgewater, Glenn H. Cooper and his wife, Heidi, of Ladera Ranch, Calif., Scott Cooper and his fiancée, Veronica Egan, of Plymouth, Mass., Suzanne C. Cooper and her fiancé, Scott Porter, of Ward, Colo.; also three step-grandchildren, Kirsten E. Karlan of Ridgefield, Justen A. Annunziato of Beaverton, Ore., and Taegan M. Annunziato of Gladstone, Ore.; and her step-great-granddaughter, Leah Grace Karlan of Ridgefield.

Mrs Cooper was retired as a longtime employee of Fabric Fire Hose in Sandy Hook as an executive administrative salesperson, and later with Uniroyal when they merged. She retired in 1974, but continued to work for several years as a temporary employee in various capacities with many local companies.

Services were held at Honan Funeral Home at 58 Main Street in Newtown on July 31. Interment followed at Newtown Village Cemetery.

Donations in her memory may be made to the Mental Health Association of Connecticut, Inc, 345 Main Street, Danbury, CT 06810.

The Newtown Bee        August 1, 2003