Obituary of James M. Cooper
Peoria Journal Star, March 29, 1992, Page: D8
James Cooper
  Rushville - James M. Cooper, 82, of Macomb, formerly of Rushville, died at 6:50 p.m. Thursday, March 26, 1992, at Wesley Village Health Care Center in Macomb.
  Born April 23, 1909, in Beach, N. D., to Frank D. and Della B. Hodgson Cooper, he married Alice Josephine Walton on April 20, 1940, in Washington, D.C. She died on Sept. 21, 1969. He later married Doris Lowery on June 12, 1971, in Rushville. She survives.
  Also surviving are one son, James Jr. of California City, Calif.; four stepsons, Ross Lowery of Moline, John Lowery of Normal, Todd Lowery of Rushville and Scott Lowery of Nacogdoches, Texas; one sister, Mary Elizabeth Jesmer of Arroyo Grande, Calif.; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one stepson, Kirk Lowery, and two brothers.
  He was employed as a farm manager in Schuyler County before retiring in 1989. He also worked as a rural mail carrier and measured farm fields for a conservation service.
  He was a former member of the Culbertson Memorial Hospital Board, Schuyler District 1 School Board and the Rushville Rotary Club.
  He was a member of Rushville Masonic Lodge 9, AF&AM, where he was past Master; Scottish Rite Bodies, Valley of Quincy, AASR; Schuyler Chapter 694, Order of the Eastern Star; Rushville Commandry 56, Knights Templar; and Ansar Shrine, Springfield.
  He also was a member of the First Christian Church Disciples of Christ in Rushville.
  Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at his church, the Rev. P. Kipton Hayden officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Worthington Funeral Home in Rushville. Burial will be in the Rushville City Cemetery.
[Submitted by Sara Hemp]