Marlene Dorothy Cooper

Marlene Dorothy Hall Cooper, lovingly known as Dimples or Dimps, was born on March 21, 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland to her proud parents James and Dorothy. Dimples grew up in the Sandtown neighborhood in Baltimore and attended the Baltimore City Public Schools.She accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior early in life and united first with St. Peter Claver R.C. Church and thereafter with St. Gregory the Great. Increasingly severe health problems over time prevented her for maintaining an active involvement with her church, but she was a loving and devout woman who lived a Christian life and treated everyone with the love of a woman who honored God.Dimples worked for many years as a Home Health Care Nurse and tenderly cared for the sick and the shut-in. Wanting to extend her help and caring to many more persons, Marlene accepted employment with the Food Service Department of the Salvation Army Women’s and Children’s Shelter. She cooked, nurtured and cared for many unfortunate families; she was especially loving and tender with homeless children and provided each of them with the love and nurture of a grandmother.O November 17, 1955, Dimples was united in holy matrimony with Leonard Cooper. Their union was blessed with two daughters and a son. Dimples was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker. Her cooking skills were legendary. On every major holiday- Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter and Mothers Day-Dimples and Cooper welcomed family members and friends into their home and treated them royally with delicious home-cooked food and “goody bags” to take home with them. Even when her health began to weaken, Dimples would not be deterred. “Please come for dinner’, she would invite one and all.In earlier years, Dimples loved to travel with a travel club started by her mother and several of her mother’s friends. Dimples and her sister, “Sales” probably bought the fist two tickets for each trip the club sponsored, and they enjoyed traveling together for many, many years. Dimples hung up her traveling shoes after she and “Sales” were presented with a Caribbean cruise hosted by their brother Stacey in 2002.At the age of 66 the Lord called Dimples home on February 8, 2004 after a long struggle with the complications of her illness. She was precede in death by both of her parents and a brother.Dimples leaves to cherish fond memories: her husband, Leonard Cooper; two daughters, Darlene Cooper and Donna Singfield; her son, Michael Cooper; one son-in-law, C. Derrick Singfield; three granddaughters, Nichelle and Bridgette Williams and Darienne Singfield; one grandson, Derrick Singfield; one sister, DeSales Miller; six Brothers, William “Al”, Joseph “Jakie”, Bradley, Terry, Stacey and Timmy; two brothers-in-law, Bruce and Leon, six sisters-in-law, Louise, Bernadine, Carolyn, Barbara, Janet and Saundra; many cousins, nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.

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Marlene Dorothy Cooper

March 21, 1937 - February 8, 2004