Darryl L. Cooper, 80, of Oakley, died Monday, July 29, 2019, at Citizens Medical Center, Colby. He was born July 29, 1939, on a farmstead north of Grainfield, KS, to Frank and Pauline Cooper.

Frank and Pauline divorced in 1941. Darryl lived with his father’s grandparents for 3 years during this period. Frank then remarried to Elnora Sharp and Darryl went with them to live 8 miles southeast of Monument, KS. Darryl went to Monument School for 12 years, then to the University of Kansas for a couple of years, before joining the United States Army in 1959 and serving for 2 years. He married Brenda Thrasher in 1962 and they had two sons, Greg and Darin Cooper. They divorced in 1969. Darryl then married Connie Moorhous in 1970. They had a daughter, Sara Rhea. Connie passed away in 1996. In 2003, Darryl remarried his wife Brenda, in Las Vegas.

Darryl worked at Hughes Plumbing in Oakley from 1961-1969. He went on to work as a plumber in Pittsburgh, PA from 1970-1973. He then moved to Denver, CO, where he had his own Plumbing and Heating business for 25 years. When the economy went bad he moved to Phoenix, AZ, where Brenda had a home and worked there for 5 years. In 2009 he moved back to Oakley and ran his own plumbing business.

Darryl is survived by his wife Brenda Cooper, of the home; son, Darin (Brenda) Cooper, of Pasadena, CA and their sons, Davis and Elliot Cooper; son Greg (Lynda) Cooper, of Walnut, CA, and their sons, Austin, Quinn and Brock Cooper; daughter Sara Cooper (Hult) and her children; stepson, Kim Schertz and his daughter Kimberly and stepdaughter Corney Cohan; his mother Pauline Simpson, Phelan, CA; mother-in-law, Del Thrasher, Oakley; nieces, Mary Ann (Horace) Hunter, Richmond, VA, Linda (Tyler) Green, of Henrio, VA and their children, Amelia, Piper and Jane, Karen (Lawrence) Berndt, Richmond, VA and their sons Charlie and Cooper; nephew Michael Gryboski and brothers-in-law Tom Thrasher and Terry Thrasher.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Elnora Cooper and half sister Helen (Charlie) Gryboski.

Cremation was chosen and no services are scheduled. For information or condolences visit www.baalmannmortuary.com