Sgt Gordon Eugene Cooper (Ret'd)

    • RCE Badge circa 1937 - 1952

    We regret to advise that Sergeant Gordon Eugene Cooper(Ret'd) died on 14 October 2007 in his 87th year.

    Sgt Cooper served with the 18th Field Company Royal Canadian Engineers during WW II and was awarded the Certificate of Gallantry in 1944 from Field Marshall Montgomery. He was an excellent all-round athlete and a Vic West soccer star winning championship cups in 1939 and on his return from serving his country in 1945. Gordon was a successful business owner, a plumbing contractor who apprenticed many journeymen.

    No service by request. ln lieu of flowers please donate to the Diabetes Society.