Raymond L Cooper, Jr. 69 a resident of Aurora, Colorado he was Born June 28, 1946 in North Platte Nebraska and passed away on June 12, 2016 in Denver, Colorado. He is survived by his 2 sons Craig and Brett along with his wife Karen who he was married to for 3 months. He also has 2 brothers Leroy Cooper of North Platte and Richard Cooper of North Platte and 2 sister Linda Bunce of Centennial, Colorado and Laurie Cooper of North Platte and many nieces and nephews. He is preceded in Death by his wife of 32 years Betty L Cooper, his father Raymond L Cooper and his mother Leora Cooper.
Retired in 2000 from Brotherhood Maintenance of Way/Teamster as an Assistance Chairman for 13 years. Prior Raymond work for Union Pacific Rail Road for 19 years. He was in the Army and served in the Vietnam War.
Raymond was a member of the Eagles, VFW, Moose Lodge, United States Bowling Association, and National Street Rod Association. He was also a past President of Midwest Street Association of Omaha.
He was always helping neighbors, friends work on the vehicles. He had major pride in his 1935 Chevy Street rod that he built from the ground up and drive to car shows on the weekends. He always loved to bowl, tell jokes and make people laugh and enjoyed life along with loving his dogs. His favorite football teams were Nebraska and the Denver Broncos.
Services will be 10:00 am Friday, June 17, 2016 at Carpenter Memorial Chapel. Burial will be at Ft. McPherson National Cemetery with military honors. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 pm Thursday at Carpenter Memorial Chapel.