- Date Of Birth: June 26, 1928
- Date Of Death: April 12, 2015
- State: Maryland
Dorothy Kathleen Cooper, 86, of Westminster, Maryland died peacefully on Sunday, April 12, 2015 at Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster surrounded by her loving family. Born June 26, 1928 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Cecilia Kram Meisz. She was married to the late Robert W. Grayson who died in 1957, and then to the late Leroy F. Cooper, who died in 2001.
Dorothy was a wife, mother, and homemaker throughout most of her life. She was a member of St. John Catholic Church in Westminster. She enjoyed fishing and crabbing at Ocean City, playing cards, and was known for her love of birds. She was formerly a member of American Legion Talbot Post 70 in Easton, MD.
She is survived by daughters, Karen Jeffries and husband Henry of Taneytown, MD, and Judy Krauss and companion Mike Davis of Westminster, MD; son, Timothy Cooper and wife Joan of Berlin, MD; sister, Miriam Donohue of Anchorage, AK; grandchildren, Amy Bortz and husband Steve of Oakland, MD, Katie Peters and husband Travis of York, PA, Ted Cooper and wife Kim of Parkville, MD, James Cooper and wife Ashley of Essex, MD, and Becca Cooper of Berlin, MD; great-grandchildren, Colton, Chase, Taryn, Fred, Grady, Jake, and Eleanor; niece, Erin Donohue-Boyer; and nephews, Brian and Mark Donohue. She was predeceased by son, Robert Michael Grayson in 1994.
