Sergeant Jack Lee Cooper Baltimore City Police Department Maryland Friday, December 25, 1964  Leave a Reflection  Return to Memorial  Print This Page  Continue Building Book  Page: 1 of 1

It's been just over 44 years since that horrible Christmas day when I lost you. (that's longer then you were here.)
It seems that I miss you more and more as time passes.
I gave you two wonderful grandsons that I raised with the
values you guided me with. Both would have made you VERY proud. You were the best dad! I still miss the baseball games we attended, the fishing and crabing at sunrise and the dinners and movies we just the two of us took during the last years. I think and cry every day for the lost of my (even as a small child)hero. Love Always

carol (cooper) Van Den Burg
youngest daughter
2009-02-20

You are remembered today and thank you Sir fo ryour service

VanDenBerghe
Manchester, NH
2007-12-23

We ask Thy blessings and eternal rest to all our brothers and sisters
Who have sacrificed their very lives in the performance of
their duties. Give their loved ones the peace and
Strength to bear the anguish of their loss. Remove all
resentment from their hearts, knowing that eternal
peace and rest will abide their departed loved ones
forever. This we beg, Thy name forever and ever,
Amen.

Ret. Officer William Hackley
Baltimore Police
2005-11-21

It's been over a year, since I've left a "reflection" here.....but....I still feel the same. Both of my sons "reflect" different parts of my Dad....and he would be VERY proud of them. My Dad (Jack) would have been such a marvelous influence on both sons. (He has a third grandson...who is in heaven with him. I talk to them ALL the time! And...by golly....they find some way to answer!!)He had two girls...and would have LOVED a son...(I guess I was his "surrogate boy"...we spent many an afternoon at Baltimore Memorial Stadium...at Oriole games....in the "high seats"....right behind 3rd. base.....lol!!) He eventually had 4 grandsons....and would have enjoyed them so much. Gosh....How much he missed! I need to remember WHY he paid such a high price.....and not WHY his life was taken so thoughtlessly. (The "job" meant everything to him...and he did his best to "be" the best!) I've tried to raise my sons with the ethics he taught me. But.....I sure miss his humor....and advice!! Gee.....Dad.....why is it STILL so hard being without you???

Your "Oldest" Daughter....Sheila Lee

Sheila Lee Elstad (nee Cooper)
His Daughter
2005-08-13

YOU DIED A HERO .... GOD WELCOMED YOU TO HIS KINGDOM ON THE BIRTHDAY OF HIS SON

P/O CHRISTOPHER WARREN
BALTIMORE POLICE
2005-07-11

Thank you Sgt. Cooper for your service. You have never been forgotten. Rest in peace.

Officer
Maryland
2004-12-25

Thank you Sergeant Cooper for serving Baltimore so well. You must have been a good man for your daughter and grandson have turned out so well. Rest in peace.

a Maryland citizen

2004-10-29

I was only 20 when Dad was killed...but he left me with some incredible life lessons...to use for myself...and to pass on to my sons. Tho' it's been 40 years now....I remember his quiet humor..(many of his officers told me of his gentle practical jokes on the job)....his voice (which was never raised in anger. Actually...the quieter he was...the more trouble I knew I was in......(grin!)....his fairness, both at home..and on the job....and the love...which was hard for him to express verbally...but was evident in everything he did. He left an indelible memory...on everyone who knew him. I miss his quiet strength...even now. But I know he's not far away. My Dad..and Nannie (grandmother)...contributed to whatever good that is in me...and I proudly pass it to my sons. Rest well....Dad.
Your Oldest Daughter..Sheila Lee

Sheila Lee Elstad (nee Cooper)

2004-10-26

How do you miss someone you have never known? I was born 2 years and 6 months after my grandfather died. I have always felt a piece of my completeness missing, since he was taken from me, before I ever knew him. My Mom helps build his character of a jokester, and for that day, an atypical policeman. I feel I would have been proud to know him. I do miss him, and the large and small involvements he would have had in my life. Rest in peace Grandpap, and know that a part of you still lives on through me, my children, and their children to come.

Love,

Tommy

Thomas Davidson (Grandson)

2004-10-26

04/21/04

Each day I try to read the ODMP. Today I read your story. No officer who gives his/her life for us need ever be forgotton. You died a hero; rest in peace.

Captain Robert W Cannon, Ret.
Vermilion Co, Il. Sheriff's Dept.
2004-04-21