Harold Cooper

RURAL TRACY — A celebration gathering for Harold Eugene Cooper, 95, of rural Tracy will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 2, at the Tracy United Methodist Fellowship Hall. There will be a time for fellowship and lunch from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Burial will follow after the service at the Tracy City Cemetery. Stephens Funeral Service – Tracy Area Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

He died Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017, at Prairie View Senior Living in Tracy.

He was born Nov. 28, 1922, to George and Alta (Doble) Cooper at the farm home in Springdale Township, Redwood County. He entered the military service on Aug. 30, 1944. He served in WWII in Europe as an ammo carrier for machine guns. After hostilities ceased he worked in an army post office (A.P.O.) in Munich, Germany until his discharge in 1946.

Survivors include his wife, Joyce of Tracy; son Kerry; daughter, Nancy Gausman; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.