I am one of the grandsons of Vernon Harrower Cooper and Eva Theo Cooper Vernon was the eldest son of Sextus and Myrtle Cooper. This is the Cooper family who owned and ran the Vermilion Standard in Vermilion Alberta for many decades My Grandad and grandma Cooper provided many of the best experiences of childhood My mother Eva Joanne Cooper is the youngest child of Vernon and Eva. Her siblings are Nadine, Shirley, Bernard (Chap) (who died in a Lancaster bomber in the Second World War II)and Beverly. My mother and Beverly are still alive.