- Date Of Birth: April 19, 1921
- Date Of Death: March 23, 2011
- State: Pennsylvania
Dr. Kenneth Lanterman Cooper, 89, of 230 Dunbar Road, died peacefully at home on March 23, 2011.
Dr. Cooper attended Maryville College, Tenn., served in the U.S. Army Infantry and Medical Corps and graduated from Temple University in 1950 as an M.D.
Dr. Cooper started his medical practice in 1952 in Williamsport as an OB/GYN and retired 37 years later in 1989.
Over the years, Dr. Cooper served in many volunteer capacities, at Williamsport and Divine Providence Hospitals, the American Cancer Society and the former Williamsport National Bank board. He was a James V. Brown Library Trustee since 1976, on the Brandon Park Commission since 1972 and helped form the Shade Tree Commission in 1993.
Dr. Cooper received the Physician Volunteer of the Year Award in 1995 and the Trustee of the Year Award by the PA Citizens for Better Libraries in 1996.
Born April 19, 1921 in Phillipsburg, NJ, he was the son of Walter Henry and Jennie Lanterman Cooper.
Surviving are his wife of 59 years, the former Estella June Hill; a daughter, Elizabeth Candelario of Hearldsburg, Cal.; grandchildren, Cody and Caitlin Candelario and his daughter-in-law, Jody Hanley Cooper.
Dr. Cooper was predeceased by a son, Todd Cooper in 2010.
