Darryl Cooper

Darryl L. Cooper, 80, of Oakley, died Monday, July 29, 2019, at Citizens Medical Center, Colby. He was born July 29, 1939, on a farmstead north of Grainfield, KS, to Frank and Pauline Cooper.

Frank and Pauline divorced in 1941. Darryl lived with his father’s grandparents for 3 years during this period. Frank then remarried to Elnora Sharp and Darryl went with them to live 8 miles southeast of Monument, KS. Darryl went to Monument School for 12 years, then to the University of Kansas for a couple of years, before joining the United States Army in 1959 and serving for 2 years. He married Brenda Thrasher in 1962 and they had two sons, Greg and Darin Cooper. They divorced in 1969. Darryl then married Connie Moorhous in 1970. They had a daughter, Sara Rhea. Connie passed away in 1996. In 2003, Darryl remarried his wife Brenda, in Las Vegas.

Darryl worked at Hughes Plumbing in Oakley from 1961-1969. He went on to work as a plumber in Pittsburgh, PA from 1970-1973. He then moved to Denver, CO, where he had his own Plumbing and Heating business for 25 years. When the economy went bad he moved to Phoenix, AZ, where Brenda had a home and worked there for 5 years. In 2009 he moved back to Oakley and ran his own plumbing business.

Darryl is survived by his wife Brenda Cooper, of the home; son, Darin (Beverly) Cooper, of Pasadena, CA and their sons, Davis and Elliot Cooper; son Greg (Lynda) Cooper, of Walnut, CA, and their sons, Austin, Quinn and Brock Cooper; daughter Sara Cooper (Hult) and her children; stepson, Kim Schertz and his daughter Kimberly and stepdaughter Corney Cohan; his mother Pauline Simpson, Phelan, CA; mother-in-law, Del Thrasher, Oakley; half sister Helen (Charlie) Gryboski; nieces, Mary Ann (Horace) Hunter, Richmond, VA, Linda (Tyler) Green, of Henrio, VA and their children, Amelia, Piper and Jane, Karen (Lawrence) Berndt, Richmond, VA and their sons Charlie and Cooper; nephew Michael Gryboski and brothers-in-law Tom Thrasher and Terry Thrasher.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Elnora Cooper.

Cremation was chosen. Family will receive friends at Baalmann Mortuary, Oakley from 1-2:30pm on Saturday, Sept 7, 2019 followed by a memorial service at 2:30pm. For information or condolences visit www.baalmannmortuary.com