10/9/12 - LCC EMS I/C Tim Cooper funeral procession

During his long career at Lansing Community College, Timothy Cooper taught thousands of students how to be paramedics and emergency medical technicians. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, hundreds of them came to say goodbye to “Coop,” who died Oct. 4 after battling cancer. He was 58. Services were conducted at LCC's Dart Auditorium, then his casket was placed in an ambulance for his final ambulance ride to Maple Hill Cemetery in Charlotte as part of a procession that included ambulances and crews from area hospitals and departments.