Elmer Vernon Cooper

The family of Elmer Vernon Cooper is saddened to announce his passing in Dawson Creek, BC. Elmer was born on the Prairie Creek homestead near Rocky Mountain House, AB, to parents Vernon and Lilla Cooper. He attended school at the Everdale district school. Elmer never talked much about going to school, he may have been doing more dreaming and inventing then listening to the teacher. He left home when he was a teenager and never looked back. Elmer worked across Canada. He would come home with all sorts of new tales to tell that made you raise an eyebrow and laugh till your sides hurt. Elmer spent many years working in the oil industry as a catskinner; catskinner was where Elmer excelled. He learned his skills from the old guys, watched and listened, that's how it worked back then.
His later years were spent in Hythe, AB and Dawson Creek, BC. Health issues because of COPD was the reason Elmer retired. He may have been retired but that didn't stop him from dreaming up creative ideas to operate his acreage off the grid. Elmer was always the optimist and planning for tomorrow.
Elmer was predeceased by his parents Vernon and Lilla, brother Budd (Carl), brothers-in-law Gordon King and Ronald Rach, niece Linda May, Linda's infant daughter great niece Brandy, and nephew-in-law Ernest Robinson.
Elmer will be greatly missed by his sisters, Lola, Fay, Amber and Maude. Heartbroken to hear of Uncle Elmer's passing are Fay's girls, Elmer's nieces, Carol, Wanda, Cindy (Reece) and Sheila, as well as, all his great nephews, great niece, great-great nieces and many other relatives. Elmer's second family in Dawson Creek, the Biegel family, are deeply saddened by his passing. Elmer will be missed by his many friends. Everyone will miss his phone calls and his visits; he always kept in touch.
A memorial service for Elmer will be announced at a later date.