“Wonderful” was a word that Grace used many times on the last day of her life. In fact, her last words in response to her caregiver Joey's question as to how she was doing were “I’m wonderful.” An hour after those last words, in the middle of the night, Grace Cooper passed away in her sleep. She was 93.

Grace had pneumonia in 2013. After a stay in the hospital and a nursing home, Grace’s family moved her into a board and care residence in Palm Desert called Britannia Lodge.

Grace adjusted well in time to living at Britannia Lodge. She was very happy for the three and a half years that she lived there. Her caregivers loved her very much and took wonderful care of her. They called her Amazing Grace.

In July 2012, Grace had a stroke and moved down to Southern California to live with her daughter Jen and son-in-law Eric. She made a fairly good recovery from her stroke over time, and she adjusted well to living in Southern California once again. 

After Gene’s death, Grace, her daughter Tina and her son-in-law Jim Albrecht moved up to Southern Oregon in 1992. Grace was very happy for the 20 years she lived in Grants Pass, Oregon. She loved spending time with her family and her ecclesia. She had a nice little condo and enjoyed her garden. 

 In 1966 the family moved to Alta Loma, and Grace and Gene’s third daughter Christine (or Tina) was born.

In 1959 Jennifer (as a child known as Jenny, and now known as Jen) was born. Grace, Gene and Debra were living in Sunland at the time. 

In 1951, Grace gave birth to her first daughter, Debra, in Pasadena, California.

In 1948, Grace married Eugene (or Gene) Cooper, a young man she had known for a number of years who was also a Christadelphian. Grace and Gene lived in Pasadena during their early years of marriage. 

After her graduation, Grace worked at the Children’s Home Society in Los Angeles where she really enjoyed taking care of babies in the home. She later took classes and became a qualified Orthoptic Technician, working for ophthalmologists. She also enjoyed that profession.

Grace graduated from high school in Santa Barbara in 1941.

Grace was a very spiritual person. She was raised in a Christadelphian household and was baptized into Christ at a very young age. She was age 12, almost 13, when she was baptized. Grace’s faith was strong from a young age, and she was faithful until the day she died.

While Grace was a teenager, she started a publication called “The California Sun,” which was sent to Christadelphian young people all over the world. Many Christadelphians knew of the name Grace (or Gracie) Blunt.

When she was 14, Gracie was featured in a book called Jehovah Jireh, which was written by Bro. Frank Walker. Her mother Ethel Blunt was featured as well, and there are photos of both of them in the book.

Grace: “I did moderately well at my studies. 4th grade was a turning point for me. The teacher, Mrs. Williams, was a motherly, heavy set woman. One day she gave me a great big hug. It was wonderful. From then on, I was at the top of my class."

One of the highlights of Grace’s childhood was when her family went on a trip to England to visit their relatives when she was 8 years old. Some of Grace’s happiest memories were on that trip from California by train across the U.S., to the ocean voyage by ship across the Atlantic Ocean, and on land once in England.

After Kathleen’s death, Grace’s sister Daphne was born.

Grace and her younger sister Daphne were inseparable growing up.

Grace really looked up to her brother Frank, who was seven years older. She sometimes tagged along after him.  

Grace Blunt was born on July 13, 1923 at home on Pueblo Street in Santa Barbara, California. Her parents were William Blunt and Ethel Booth. Grace’s parents were both born in England and met in Canada before moving to the United States.

Grace had no middle name. Apparently her parents had planned to give her the middle name of Mildred and were going to call her Millie, but no middle name was put on her birth certificate so she was known as Grace, which was such a fitting name for her.

At the time Grace was born, she was the youngest of three children. Her brother was named Frank, and she had a sister named Kathleen. Sadly Kathleen died as a child.