Whitefield, NH – Ethel Clara (Champagne) Fillion, Cooper, 95, passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at the Morrison Nursing Home. She was born on April 29, 1931, in Littleton, NH, to Lillian (Burgess) and Medrick Champagne.

Ethel grew up in the Littleton area and attended Littleton High School graduating class of 1949. She started her long and varied working career at NE Telephone as an operator and traffic clerk in Littleton. A few years later after moving to Woodsville with her first husband Roger Fillion and having her children, she worked at Hovey’s Shops and then Woodsville Guaranty Savings Bank. She then moved back to Littleton, owned and operated a Montgomery Ward Store with her second husband Don Cooper, worked at the Profile Junior and Senior High School in Bethlehem and also the Zoning office in Littleton.

She was a devout Catholic, and was a communicant at the St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, and for a time was the church organist and sang for many special masses and funerals in the local area. Ethel was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America, North Country Chorus, RSVP, the Grange, and volunteered at the Grafton County Nursing Home, at the Horse Meadow Senior Center, the Morrison Nursing Home and also volunteered at various hospitals, singing and playing piano. She also used her musical talents outside of church, alongside her first husband Roger Fillion as they played at dances for over 17 years.

Ethel found love and was widowed, twice. Her first marriage of 24 years was to Roger Fillion who passed away on March 30, 1977. On June 8, 1979, she married Donald Cooper and they were married for 27 years before he passed on February 15, 2006.

She was predeceased by her parents, Medrick and Lillian Champagne, and by her only sibling, Carl Champagne.

Ethel’s memory will be cherished by her four children; Lori Blood and husband Steve of Ryegate Corner, VT, Joyce Fillion of Green, Ohio, Donna Fillion of Littleton, NH and Neal Fillion of Palm Springs, CA; eight grandchildren; 6 great grandchildren; 1 nephew, many cousins and close friends.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, June 26, 2026, at 10 AM, at St. Rose of Lima Church, in Littleton, NH, with a burial to follow at St. Rose of Lima Cemetery.