Curtis Calvin Cooper |
| Posted 2019-02-01 by Pat R |
| Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ) Friday, January 2, 1948, p. 22 COOPER, Curtis Calvin, husband of Nellie H., and father of Mrs. Joseph (Miriam) Cuddihy and Curtis C. Cooper, jr., passed away yesterday at home, 2237 Encanto boulevard. A. L. Moore and Sons. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ) Friday, January 2, 1948, p. 17 C.C. Cooper Rites Listed Funeral services for Curtis Calvin Cooper, former president of General Motors Acceptance Corporation and a Phoenix resident since 1937, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in Memory Chapel of A. L. Moore and Sons. The Rev. Waldo S. Richards, pastor of Encanto Community Church, will officiate. Private cremation will follow at Greenwood Memorial Park. Mr. Cooper, who was 65 years old, died yesterday morning at his home, 2237 Encanto Drive, NE. He had been director of Valley National Bank since 1944 and held memberships in Phoenix Country Club and Arizona Club. A native of Pennsylvania, he was graduated from the University of Delaware and Columbia University School of Law. He practiced law in New York City and worked with the du Pont corporation before joining General Motors in 1919 to organize the corporation's financing division. He advanced to president from the rank of secretary and legal counsel, retiring in 1929. While president of the acceptance corporation, Mr. Cooper organized the General Exchange Insurance Corporation which became one of the largest automobile insurance underwriting firms in the United States. Since coming to Phoenix he had lived in semi-retirement. He is survived by his wife, Nellie; a son, Curtis, jr.; a daughter, Mrs. Joseph Cuddihy; and five grandchildren, all of Phoenix. See Also: Find A Grave |
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