The funeral of the late Mr. Frank E. Cooper, of Rushden, local representative of the British United Shoe Machinery Co., whose death was recorded in last week’s “Rushden Echo,” took place at the cemetery on Monday, the Rev. H. Stanley Southall, minister of the Park-road Wesleyan Church, officiating. A large number of sympathisers assembled at the Cemetery, and the service was of a very impressive character. The coffin, of elm, with brass fittings, bore the inscription:-

FRANK EDGAR COOPER
Died Sept. 30th, 1915
Aged 44 years.

The mourners were:- Mrs. Cooper (widow), Mr. Edgar Cooper (son), Miss Winnie Cooper (daughter), Mr. Walter Cooper (Nottingham), Mr. Arthur Cooper and Mr. Harold Cooper (brothers), Miss Cooper, Mrs. G. Bailey, Mrs. Curtis, Miss Maggie Cooper (sisters), Mrs. Arthur Cooper, Mrs. Harold Cooper (sisters-in-law), Mrs. Roberts, Northampton (cousin), Miss Olive Chapman, Mr. George and Mr. J. Harris (friends).