‘I WILL MISS A LOT ABOUT THIS EARTH’: JORDON COOPER EULOGY
This was originally published April 3, 2018
Before his death, Saskatoon blogger and Starphoenix columnist Jordon Cooper wrote his own eulogy. We share it here at the request of his wife Wendy.
If you are reading this, it means I am no longer here. The liver and colon cancer stopped toying with me on March 26, 2018.
The last laugh is on the cancer; it is going to the grave with me. I was 44 and glad to be done with the damn cancer.
I will miss a lot about this earth. I loved being a writer. Every once in awhile I wandered into the area called journalism and that has a special place for me. Connections I made as a writer became some of my best friends. It’s where I had my biggest audiences.
Writing for The Starphoenix, and talking on the radio first with Rawlco and later with CFCR, gave me an excuse to meet amazing people. I’ll forever be thankful for it.
I was born in Edmonton, lived in Calgary, experienced Rainbow Lake and Moose Jaw but deep down, Saskatoon is my home.
During those times I was a student, a pastor, ran two different homeless shelters, and worked as a writer.
My proudest accomplishment was marrying well. Wendy survives me and I got the better end of the deal.
I got so many more laughs than I gave.
And I regret I won’t be there to comfort her as she did me in those final foggy hours.
We have two sons, Mark and Oliver, who are both better looking and smarter than me, a fact of which they often reminded me. I will never be able to articulate how proud of them I was as I watched them grow into men.
In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to my family’s Gofundme.
Or you could donate to the Canadian Cancer Society and help them find a cure for cancer. This disease took me and it’s time it stops wreaking havoc on people’s lives.
If you don’t want to do that, buy your friends a round, subscribe to your local newspaper or support your local community radio station.