Joseph “Jerry” Cooper, of Roman Road, Bethnal Green, passed away on 25 February 2015 after a short battle with kidney failure. Jerry was aged 91. The grandfather-of-two, who spent some of his early years at Norwood’s Jewish Orphanage with his brother Judah, was a licensed London taxi driver for more than three decades until he retired in the 1990s. Jerry and his late wife Sadie, who passed away in 2009, were dedicated volunteers for the London Taxi Drivers’ Fund for Underpriv