Wendell L. Cooper, VMD, 76, of Winchester, Va., died Friday in Winchester of prostate cancer.

Born in Brady Township, May 15, 1930, he was the son of Finley and Jayne Cooper.

He was a graduate of Slippery Rock High School, and in 1956, he graduated from of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine.

For several years, he was in general practice of veterinary medicine in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. In 1975, he went back to the University of Pennsylvania as assistant professor of animal reproduction.

After several years there, he became resident veterinarian and general manager of horse farms in Mechanicsburg, Pa., Lexington, Ky., and Newburgh, N.Y. He retired from Virginia Tech as superintendent veterinarian of the Middleburg Agricultural Research and Extension Center, in Virginia.

Dr. Cooper was a member of the Winchester Church of God.

Surviving are his second wife, Valerie; three sons, Keith of Atlanta, Ga., Greg of Earlysville, Va., and Kirby of Bloomsburg, Pa.; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. He also is survived by a brother, Wade Cooper of Slippery Rock; and two sisters, Gail Baker of Butler and Doris Hohri of Long Beach, Calif. .

His first wife, Norma Mayer, died in August 1993.

<B>COOPER </B>— Funeral services for Wendell L. Cooper, VMD, who died Friday, June 23, 2006, were today at the Winchester Church of God in Virginia.Local visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the West Liberty United Presbyterian Church, where services will follow at 1 p. m. Burial will be at the West Liberty Cemetery.