WORCESTER-Howard E. Cooper, 86, formerly of Worcester, died Saturday, July 19th in The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX. His wife, Helen C. (Chicoine) Cooper, died in 2007. He leaves a daughter, Nancy A. Trottier and her husband, William of Pearland, TX; a sister, Elizabeth “Betty” Brank of Worcester; and nephews and nieces. He was predeceased by 10 siblings, Edna Althea Dubuque, Walter Albert Cooper II, William George Cooper, Mary Louise Stanhope, Roland Edward Cooper, Henry Lee Cooper, Norman Ralph Cooper, Richard Charles Cooper, Cleora Virginia Page and Charlotte Margaret Kovaleski.
He was born in Worcester, the son of Walter and Mary Louise (Maguire) Cooper and worked in the engineering department of Massachusetts Electric for many years before retiring. Mr. Cooper was a member of Our Lady of Fatima Church, the Greendale Retired Mens Club, the Massachusetts Electric Retirees Union and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He was a World War II U.S. Army veteran serving with the 965th Artillery Battalion. Mr. Cooper enjoyed fishing, travel, his home, family and friends.
The funeral is Thursday, July 24th from O’CONNOR BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME, with a Mass at 11:00 A.M. in Our Lady of Fatima Church, 43 Belmont Street. Burial will be in St. Roch’s Cemetery, Oxford. Calling hours are Wednesday, July 23rd from 4:00 until 7:00 P.M. in the funeral home.