Elsie Cooper

Elsie Stanley Ivers Cooper, 88, died Jan. 3, 1012.

She was born Sept. 14, 1923, in Nampa, Idaho, to John William Stanley and Winnifred Edith Tauge Stanley.

Elsie spent her early years in the Columbia Falls area, where her father was a sheriff. The family moved to a farm in Pablo. She and her husband Harold lived many years in the Fortine area.

She is survived by her daughter Rose Berger; son Dean Darwin; daughter-in-law Marie Ivers; brother Jim; sister Betty; six grandchildren; and many great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at the Faith Alliance Church, in Kalispell on Jan. 9, 2012.