Background
Cooper, Velma J. was born on December 16, 1920 in Craig, Nebraska, United States. Daughter of Orrin Smith and Jennie Hampton.
Cooper, Velma J. was born on December 16, 1920 in Craig, Nebraska, United States. Daughter of Orrin Smith and Jennie Hampton.
Bachelor of Science in Education, Dana College, 1968.
Teacher public schools Nebraska and Iowa, 1939—1942, 1961—1983. Author, compiler, researcher, speaker, teacher in genealogy and local history, Burt County, Nebraska, 1977—2005.
Board member, planner Burt County Museum, Tekamah, Nebraska, 1976—2003. Member of Northeastern Nebraska Genealogical Society (president, charter), National Genealogical Society, Nebraska State Genealogical Society (area representative), Burt County Museum, Inc. (president 1995—2001).
Married Phillip H. Cooper, June 29, 1941 (deceased January 2003). Children: Phillip L., Carol J., Michael A., Wayne O.