Loring R. Carper
Loring Russell Carper, 89, of Frederick County, Virginia, passed away, Monday, December 06, 2010 at his residence with family present.
Mr. Carper was born in 1921 in Allenport, Pennsylvania, the son of the late Claude Franklin and Willie Frances Carper. He retired from the Federal Government in communications from Mount Weather. Mr. Carper was raised at Grace United Methodist Church but helped and taught at the former Shawnee Presbyterian Chapel. He was a member of Bob Frakes POW Survivor Organization, honorary member of Rolling Thunder, charter member of the former Stephens City VFW, former member of Winchester Fire & Rescue, member of the former Shenandoah Valley Camping Club, and charter member of the former Shaw-Quon Ruritan Club. Mr. Carper was a veteran, having served in the United States Army as Staff Sergeant during World War II. He was a POW in Heppenheim, Germany, and received a Purple Heart with Cluster and Bronze Star.
His wife, Lena Cooper, whom he married on August 17, 1946 in Williamsport, Maryland, preceded him in death on December 25, 2006.
Surviving is a daughter, Patricia C. Williams of Winchester, Virginia; a son, Larry W. Carper and his wife, Linda of Friendswood, Texas; three grandsons, Michael James Williams and his wife Dawn, Christopher Troy Carper and his wife Jessica, and Kenneth Wayne Carper and his wife, Benita; two great grandchildren, Troy Christopher and Emma Kathleen Carper; and two sisters, Betty Carper Cooley of Middletown, Virginia, and Alice C. Welsh of Marietta, Ohio. A brother, Luther P. Carper, preceded him in death.
A memorial service will be conducted at 11:00 A.M. on Friday at Omps Funeral Home, South Chapel with Pastor Larry Veach officiating. Entombment will be in Shenandoah Memorial Park Mausoleum with Military Honors by VFW Post 2123.
Family will receive friends on Thursday evening from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. at Omps Funeral Home, South Chapel.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 West Cork Street, Suite 405, Winchester, Virginia 22602, Stephens City Volunteer Fire & Rescue Co., Inc., P.O. Box 253, Stephens City, Virginia 22655, or to the charity of donor’s choice.
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