Dorothy Roberta Cooper

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Dorothy Roberta Cooper, 82, of Loogootee, passed away on January 16, 2018 at Memorial Hospital and Healthcare Center.

She was born on August 10, 1935 in Loogootee, to the late Robert A. And Mary G. (Norris) Allen.

Roberta was a member of St. Martin Catholic Church, in Whitfield, Indiana, and civil service retiree, having worked for the Internal Revenue Service and NSWC Crane. Roberta was an avid reader, a painter, expert seamstress, and she also enjoyed quilting and crocheting, along with many other crafts. Roberta attended St. John Catholic School, in Loogootee for several years, graduated from Southern Illinois, and from Lockyear Business College in Evansville, Indiana.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her siblings; Robert A. Allen, Mary Alice Burch, and two older sisters that died in infancy, her first husband Glenn E. Benjamin, her second husband John H. Butts, and her Step- daughter DeAnn (Cooper) Nolan, and one step- granddaughter.

Roberta is survived by her husband, Carl Max Cooper, whom she married in 2001, her children; Douglas Benjamin and his wife Yeshi, of Los Angeles, CA, Martin Benjamin of Danville, IL, and Lisa (Benjamin) Muench of Loogootee, three step – sons; C.J Cooper, Bryan Cooper, and John F. Harlan and wife Lisa of Glenview, IL, two step- daughters; Dana M. (Cooper) Davis of Vincennes, IN, and Cathy (Butts) Dayhuff and husband Jay of Clay City, IN, along with 6 grandchildren, 13 step- grandchildren, and 4 step- great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 AM Saturday, January 20, 2018 at Blake Funeral Home in Loogootee, Indiana celebrated by Very Rev. J. Kenneth Walker. A private internment will follow at a later date.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, January 20, 2018 from 9:00 AM until the time of service at the funeral home.

Condolences may be made online at www.blakefuneralhomes.com.