- Date Of Birth: October 12, 1929
- Date Of Death: July 13, 2011
- State: Missouri
Madeline Delores Cooper, nee Lefler, 81, of Viburnum, MO passed away Wednesday, July 13, 2011 in Union, MO. She was born October 12, 1929 at Huzzah, MO to Franklin Lefler and Bertha (Gilliam) Lefler. She was united in marriage to George Blair and later married Donald Cooper on May 4, 1976.
Madeline was a member of the Shoal Creek Baptist Church.
She was raised on the family farm on Little Shoal Creek and later raised her four children on the family farm. In her lifetime, she canned literally thousands of quarts of fresh fruits and vegetables without the comfort of air conditioning and never complaining. Later she lived in Viburnum and retired from Brown Shoe Company after twenty-seven years.