Searching for the birth mother of a baby girl B May 17 1953 in Great Falls MT. Birth Cert. list Hazel Mae Cooper of Tokio, N Dakato b May 1930 & her brother Frank Cooper also of Tokio, N Dakota as witness. Her parents were Harry C Cooper & Louise Thumb of N Dakota. The mother worked at a five & dime in Great Falls, MT in 1952. Would like to know if she is still alive or if there is any info about the family.

I believe I have found the family as everything fits . it is for your GF

HARRY COOPER: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice
Grand Forks Herald (ND) - December 25, 1997
Deceased Name: HARRY COOPER
Harry Cooper, 102, Devils Lake, formerly of Sheyenne, N.D., died Monday, Dec. 22, 1997, in Good Samaritan Center, Devils Lake.

Harry Cooper was born Oct. 2, 1895, the son of Bryan and Susie Cooper, in Grafton, N.D. He grew up and attended school in Warwick, N.D. He joined the U.S. Army during World War I. He married Louise Thumm in Warwick, where they farmed. They moved to Great Falls, Mont., for a few years and then returned to Sheyenne. Louise Cooper died in 1982. He moved to the Good Samaritan Home in 1988.

He is survived by daughters, Hazel Myhro, Devils Lake, and Marie Nelson, Minneapolis; sons, Thomas, Forth Collins, Colo., and Frank, Minneapolis; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two sisters; and two brothers.

Services: Were held in Riverside Cemetery, Sheyenne.

Burial: Riverside Cemetery (Gilbertson, Devils Lake).

Edition: FINAL
Page: 8A
Copyright (c) 1997 Grand Forks Herald

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I will attempt to find Hazel's phone number or at least an address

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