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John 'Doc' Cooper

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[June 08, 2009]  MIDDLETOWN -- John W. "Doc" Cooper, 74, of Middletown, died Sunday, June 7, 2009, at 11:35 a.m. at his home.

A celebration of his life will be at 11 a.m. June 21 at the Little Chapel Church in Middletown. Robert Miller will officiate.

No visitation is scheduled.

Cremation rites have been accorded. Inurnment at Camp Butler Cemetery, Riverton, will be at a later date.

Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Cooper retired from the Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety and Battelle Memorial Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Wash.

He served in the U.S. Army and Air Force Reserves.

John Wesley Cooper Jr. was born in Normal on Oct. 2, 1934, the son of John Wesley Sr. and Naomi Carroll Cooper. He married Patricia Litwiller on March 19, 1961, at the Irish Grove Presbyterian Church in Middletown.

He is survived by his wife; his children, Rebecca Dixon of St. Louis, Mo., and David (and wife Bobbi) Cooper of New Holland; two sisters, Judy James of Rochester and Sharron Cooper of Springfield; one brother, Jim Cooper of Bloomington; five grandchildren, Jarryd, Caitlin, Hailey, Emma and Hanna; and 12 nieces and nephews.

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He was a member of the Little Chapel Church, Logan Bible Fellowship, WLLM / WLUJ prayer group, Middletown Tree Commission, KCB Historical Society in Middletown and American Legion Post in Middletown.

He graduated from Normal Community High School; Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, in pharmacy studies; and from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, with a master's in hospital pharmacy and a doctorate in radiation biology.

Memorials may be made to Little Chapel, P.O. Box 34, Middletown, IL 62666, for wheelchair ramp and window restoration; or to WLUJ Christian radio station, 600 W. Mason St., Springfield, IL 62702.

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