EAST COOPER CEMETERY

Cooper Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan

All dates are BURIAL DATES, not death dates!

CR is abbreviation for: Cemetery Record

Information in [ ] and bolded was added by the typist.

The seven columns listed under each lot are: LOT # OWNER GRAVE # DATE OF BURIAL NAME NOTES RESIDENCE

1	BUSH, Lawrence L.	1	Jan 22, 1886	Velma Irene DAY
		2	Dec 14, 1984	Byron DAY
		3	Oct 24, 1955	Lawrence L. BUSH		Cooper Twp. - Marker installed in 1956
		4	Jan 21, 1953	Theodore L. BUSH

1 1/2	LEWIS, Lloyd R. & Cora E. - Gr. 4 only	1
	LEWIS, John L. & Cleo R. - Gr. 2 & 3 only	2	Sep 19, 194	Cleo R. LEWIS
	I, Lloyd R. Lewis, hereby transfer any and all	3	Jan 5, 1990	John L. LEWIS
	interest I may have in graves 1, 2, & 3 of Lot	4	Dec 1, 1950	Baby Girl LEWIS (Stillborn)
	1 1/2 as follows:
	Lot 1 to be returned to Township
	Lots 2 & 3 to be transferred to John L.
	Lewis and Cleo R. Lewis

2	BUSH, Mrs. Lewis		Tree on north end of lot.
		1	Aug 30, 1949	Lewis BUSH
		2	Jul 8, 1988	Mildred A. BUSH
		3	Sep 2, 1969	Dorothy J. WEED		Kalamazoo, Mich.
		4
		4	Dec 18, 1989	David Harry MERRELL		Cremains buried underneaath area
						where headstone will go for full burial
2 1/2	NIEUWENHUIS, Henry & Garnet	1	Dec 11, 1950	Henry NIEUWENHUIS
		2
		3
		4	Dec 27, 1950	Edith Marie BOYLE

3	BOEKELOO, Willard	1	Nov 5, 1949	Willard BOEKELOO
		2
		3
		4

3 1/2	SMITH, Virgil G.	1		Vernon SMITH
		2	Jun 5, 1986	Virgil G. SMITH
		3	Dec 19, 1995	Jennie SMITH
		4	Jun 14, 1952	Lawrence A. SMITH		Killed while in service in Korea

4	MACKEY, Glen	1	Mar 4, 1958	Glen Elwood MACKEY Sr.	Soldier	Cooper Township
		2	Apr 29, 1952	Viola MACKEY
		3
		4	Sep 11, 1968	Robert H. ALDRICH		Parchment

4 1/2	BEATTY, Buhl C.	1	Jan 6, 1953	Francis B. BEATTY		Cooper Twp.
		2		Grace BEATTY
		3	May 19, 1959	Buhl C. BEATTY		Cooper Twp.

5	FRAME, James	1	Jan 7, 1964	James E. FRAME		Cooper Twp.
		2	Sep 15, 1969	Mable E. FRAME		Kalamazoo
		3	Dec 26, 1949	Olga FRAME
		4	Jun 4, 1951	Martin J. FRAME

5 1/2	WILLIS, Mrs. Ida	1	Jan 29, 1952	Percy Edgar WILLIS
		2	Feb 28, 1966	Ida Mae JEWELL-WILLIS		Cooper Twp.
		3	Oct 11, 1996	Bessie Blanche WILLIS
		4	Jan 11, 1997	Samuel David WILLIS

6	TRANSIENT	1		Unknown
		2		Unknown
		3	Aug 17, 1955	Louann CARRIER	Infant dau. of Charles CARRIER	Cooper Twp.
		4	Aug 15, 1955	Frederick H. DILNO		Cooper Twp.

6 1/2	WILLIS, Carrie	1	Jan 16, 1;953	Arthur Lee WILLIS
		2	May 2, 1985	Carrie WILLIS
		3	Nov 1, 1972	Billy Leon FULBRIGHT, Jr.		Cooper
		4	Feb 13, 1981	Marilyn Louise DeLOUCH

7	SMITH, Marion	1		Unknown
		2
		3
		4
		5
		6
		7	Oct 10, 1953	Luvena SMITH
		8	1930	George A. SMITH

8	NORMAN, Leonard	1
		2
		3	1908	Gladys NORMAN	Age 5 yrs.
		4	1906	Rudolph NORMAN	Age 1 yr.
		5	1909	Charlie NORMAN	Age 4 yrs.
		6	1933	Leonard NORMAN
		7	Mar 10, 1947	Anna NORMAN
		8	Sep 6, 1955	Richard B. WISWELL	Soldier

9	SLUMKOSKI, Duette	1	Sep 1, 1951	Joseph S. SLUMKOSKI
		2	Feb 7, 1983	Duetta Mattie RYDER
		3
		4

9 1/2	WEBSTER, Osa
	STACEY, Miles - One grave only	1
		2		WEBSTER Twins	No markers
		3
		4	Sep 7, 1954	Nellie Jean STACEY

10	GREEN, O. R.	1	1875	James PHILLIP
		2	May 29, 1936	Albert DAY
		3	Jun 26, 1938	Ada DAY
		4		Mrs. GREEN	No marker
		5	1873	George GREEN	8 yr. son of O.R. & L. GREEN
		6	1872	Millie	2 yr. dau. of O.R. & L. GREEN
		7	Apr 4, 1984	Claude Albert DAY, Jr.	Cremains buried N. of Gr. 7
		7	May 27, 1970	Fannie K. DAY
		8	Apr 16, 1968	Claude A. DAY		Kalamazoo

11	BINGHAM, Chas.	1
		2
		3
		4
		5	Jul 15, 1929	Ruby L. BINGHAM
		6	1919	Leon Chas. BINGHAM	5 wks.
		7	Feb 19, 1919	Chas. BINGHAM
		8	1900	Rhonda L. BINGHAM

12	HICKS, Calvin	1
		2
		3	Oct 4, 1990	Renabel KINGMAN	Marker set 1968
		4	Mar 22, 1968	Maynard W. KINGMAN	Marker set 1968	Riverside, California
		5	Sep 21, 1953	Mary HICKS	Marker installed in 1957
		6	1875	Pearl	1 yr. dau. of C. & M. HICKS
		7	1893	Maryett HICKS
		8	Aug 18, 1925	Calvin HICKS

13	BINGHAM, Austin	1
		2
		3
		4	Dec 3, 1930	Glenna May BINGHAM
		5	1930	Lloyd BRYANT	17 yrs.

13 1/2	PENNELS, Thomas	NO # 1
	MULDER, Thomas P., Sr. - Grave No. 4 only	2	1872	Racine E. PENNELS	3 yrs.
		3
		4	March 22, 1966	Thomas P.MULDER, Sr.		Cooper Twp.
				Three grave lot

14	STALEY, David	1	1917	Elnor WALING	6 mos.
	WALING, Dee & Family	2	Sep 8, 1976	Nellie May WALING
	WALING, Leon - G.4.	3	Dec 16, 1985	Dee WIllard WALING
	WALING, Henrietta - G.5.	4
		5	Jul 23, 1994	Henrietta WALING	Cremains
		6	1945	Infant of Leon WALING
		7		Child of Wm. STALEY )	In one grave
		7	1871	Hannah, wife of David STALEY)	" " "
		8	1882	David STALEY

15	AVERILL, Elihu B.	1	Apr 13, 1987	Jane SCHELB
	SCHELB, John E. - Graves 1 & 2	2	Sep 16, 1968	John E. SCHELB		Cooper Twp.
	DePOTY, Earl R. - Graves 3 & 4	3	Apr 4, 1974	Marian THOMAS
		4	Oct 16, 1968	Earl R. DePOTY	WW II Soldier	Cooper Twp.
		5	1926	Milo AVERILL
		6	1913	Susie C. AVERILL
		7	1854	Julie, wife of E. B. AVERILL
		8	1902	Elihu B. AVERILL

16	MORRELL, Orren	1		Child of O. MORRELL
New Owner -	CRAWFORD, Robert, Jr.	2	Jan 16, 1956	Baby Boy CRAWFORD		Cooper Twp.
		3
		4

16 1/2	BOGREN, Oscar	1
		2
		3
		4	Jul 20, 1954	Lynette Elaine BOGREN	2 mos.	Cooper

17	DAY, Charles	1		Child of Charles DAY
		2		Child of Bert DAY
	NOTE: Date April 4, 1974	3	Mar 27, 1985	Donald C. DAY	Cremains
	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:	3	1896	Child of Win DAY
	Donald C. Day and Lulu Mae Day plan to be	4	Nov 13, 1941	Jennie DAY
	buried on Lot 17, Graves 2 and 3 of East	5	Mar 27, 1939	Edwin S. DAY
	Cooper Cemetery.	6	Jul 22, 1940	Frank DAY	Marker set 1970
	We want babies moved to Grave 1, if needed.	7	May 23, 1919	Helen DAY	Double marker set 1970
		8	1901	Charles DAY	" " " "

18	RECTOR, Samuel W., Sr.	1	Jun 27, 1947	William Henry RECTOR
		2	1862	Ida Dau. of S.W. & A. RECTOR	1 yr.
		3	1913	Grace Estella RECTOR
		4	May 24, 1974	Samuel L. RECTOR
		5	Oct 29, 1945	Jennie B. RECTOR
		6	Jul 6, 1933	Marvin RECTOR
		7	Jun 1, 1937	Adeline H. RECTOR	Age 97 yrs.
		8	Jul 14, 1897	Samuel W. RECTOR, Sr.

19	BINGHAM, John	1		Baby BINGHAM
		2	Nov 12, 1973	Carrie M. BINGHAM	Double marker set 1963
		3	Apr 23, 1963	Heber Lee BINGHAM	" " " "
		4	1928	Mary BINGHAM
		5	1928	Richard BINGHAM
		6	1901	Hattie H. BINGHAM
		7	1879	Emeline, wife of John BINGHAM
		8	1910	John T. BINGHAM

20	TIFT, William	1	1851	Horace TIFT	8 yrs.
		2	1911	Emeline KEHOE	59 yrs. Correct spelling not known,	not on marker.
		3	1902	G. W. RANDALL
		4
		5
		6	Apr 3, 1925	Sarah J. BUCK
		7	1907	Sarah A. TIFT	90 yrs. 7 mos.
		8	1855	William M. TIFT

21	TIFT, Matthew, R.	1	1846	Cornelius S. TIFT
	COMBS, Louis - Graves 7& 8	2
	HOUGH, Mary Lou - Grave 6	3
		4	1857	Ammurelous, wife of M. R. TIFT
		5	1854	Matthew R. TIFT
		6	Oct 31, 1986	Mary Lou HOUGH
		7
		8	Aug 5, 1967	Louis COMBS	WW II Soldier	Cooper Twp.
		5 a	Nov 28, 1990	Fetus of Robert Lee HOUGH	Buried between headstones of M.	TIFT and Mary Lou HOUGH
		5 a	Feb 5, 1993	Fetus of Caitlyn Elizabeth LAWRENCE	Buried below Robert Lee HOUGH

22	ROGERS, Albert	1		Unknown adult's grave
		2
		3		Nellie G. ROGERS
		4	1929	Hiram ROGERS
		5	1919	Allen ROGERS' twin infants
		6		Unknown adult's grave	possibly old Mr. ROGERS
		7		L. BOENSER
		8	1873	L. L. ROGERS

23	SWEEZEY, Moses	1	1846	Harriett, C. Dau. of W.C. & F. C. MITCHELL	10 yrs.
	HUCKABEE, Pete - Graves 3 & 4	2	1855	Annie, 2 yr. dau. of M. & A. SWEEZEY
		3	Jan 3, 1986	Brandy Marie KEY	Buried North of Mildred HUCKABEE
		3	Nov 7, 1985	Mildred HUCKABEE	Double marker set 1970
		4	Sep 16, 1969	Pete HUCKABEE	" " " "	Cooper Twp.

23 1/2	LEGG, Keith	1	May 14, 1956	Carol Ann LEGG	13 yrs.	Cooper Twp.
		2
		3
		4

24	SWEEZEY, John B.	1	Feb 9, 1972	Gladys Helen HICKS
	HICKS,, Dudley A. - Graves 1 & 2	2	Apr 27, 1970	Dudley A. HICKS
		3	1854	Arthur ST.HELEN	16 yr. son of J.B. & E. SWEEZEY
		4	1846	John B. SWEEZEY
		5	1892	Ency SWEEZEY
		6
		7	Aug 30, 1894	Anna, wife of Charles SWEEZEY
		8	Mar 21, 1920	Charles SWEEZEY

25	DEMING, David E.	1
	MARKER, Wayne & Lucy C. - Graves 1 & 2	2
		3	1845	Sarah T. DEMING	1 yr.
		4	1850	John M. DEMING	16 yrs.
		5	1852	Mary Ann, wife of J. M. ELDRED
		6	1884	Electra, wife of David E. DEMING
		7		Monument
		8	1879	Dr. David E. DEMING

26	ULAM, Jacob	1	1868	Mary Edna, wife of Jacob ULAM
	WOODWARD, Fay L. - Graves 2 & 3	2	Feb 28, 1968	Gretchen WOODWARD (LOVELAND)		Cooper Twp.
		3	Oct 5, 1971	Fay L. WOODWARD		Kalamazoo
		4		John M. ULAM	No marker
		5		Granny ULAM	No marker - 114 yrs.
		6	1853	Peter ULAM
		7	1854	Nancy Jane, wife of John ULAM
		8		Mrs. MASON, mother-in-law of Henry ULAM	No marker

27	WIGHT, Daniel	1	1854	Susan, wife of A. RICHMOND, also infant
				daughter 15 days old.