Reposted from The Æthelmearc Gazette:

We offer condolences and mourn the passing of Dave Cooper, scion of the Cooper family and longtime friend to the SCA and the Pennsic War, on Friday, September 18, 2015. Cards and condolences can be sent to Cooper’s Lake Campground at 205 Currie Road, Slippery Rock, PA 16057.

An obituary for Baron Dave Cooper is available at the New Castle News Online.

Funeral services will be at the Smith Funeral Home, 421 New Castle St., Slippery Rock, on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Thomas Meling, pastor of the Zion Baptist Church, presiding.

Family will receive friends at the Smith Funeral Home on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Wednesday from 12:30 p.m. until service at 1:30 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be given to Zion Baptist Cemetery, 148 Currie Rd., Slippery Rock, PA 16057.

Dave Cooper was made a Baron jointly by the East and the Midrealm during the 22nd great Pennsic War, held at Cooper’s Lake, his home. He loved and served the SCA for the many years that Pennsic has come to Cooper’s Lake, not only running the War Room, but making the roads we are all so familiar with. — Alison Gregg Choyce