The H600 Project Genealogy DB
Opal Edith Tracy
1915 - 2009 (93 years)
Generation: 1
1. Opal Edith Tracy was born on 6 Aug 1915 in , Greene Co, Missouri, USA (daughter of Roscoe Lonzo Tracy and Rena Viola Blunt); died on 17 Feb 2009 in Parsons, Labette Co, Kansas, USA; was buried in Parsons, Labette Co, Kansas, USA (Memorial Lawn Cemetery). Notes:
Cemetery:
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Obituary:
Opal Cooper, 93, of Elmhaven East died there at 9:35 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009. She had been in failing health.
She was born Aug. 6, 1915, near Fairgrove, Mo., to Roscoe L. and Rena V. (Blunt) Tracy. She came to Parsons with her parents in 1922. She attended Parsons schools and graduated from Parsons High School.
In her early adult years, she worked at Johnson's Cafe and at Cooper's Cafe in the 1900 block of Main.
She married Harold L. Cooper Sr. on March 2, 1934, in Columbus. He preceded her in death on Feb. 27, 2005.
Mrs. Cooper was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, where she was active in the United Methodist Women organization and the Criterion Sunday school class until her health declined. She also had been a member of the Metro Anns, the Trainmen's Wives Auxiliary, the Order of the Eastern Star and the Mother's Study Club.
Survivors include a daughter, Susie Smith and her husband, Dub, of Garland, Texas; three sons, Harold L. "Bud" Cooper and his wife, Judy, of Shawnee, Charles Cooper and his wife, Betty, of Cincinnati and Steve Cooper and his wife, Becky, of McCune; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Edna Mog of Frontenac.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Ira Milford Tracy; an infant brother; and a sister, Mildred Louise Lynam.
The service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Carson-Wall Funeral Home with the Rev. Peggy Hillmon officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. until service time Saturday at the funeral home, where friends may call any time Friday.Opal married Harold Layton Cooper, Sr. on 2 Mar 1934 in Columbus, Cherokee Co, Kansas, USA. Harold (son of Charles Blakley Cooper and Audrey G. McLane) was born on 20 Aug 1907 in Linwood, Leavenworth Co, Kansas, USA; died on 27 Feb 2005 in Parsons, Labette Co, Kansas, USA; was buried in Parsons, Labette Co, Kansas, USA (Memorial Lawn Cemetery). [Group Sheet]
Children:
2. Roscoe Lonzo Tracy Roscoe married Rena Viola Blunt. [Group Sheet]
3. Rena Viola Blunt Children:
- 1. Opal Edith Tracy was born on 6 Aug 1915 in , Greene Co, Missouri, USA; died on 17 Feb 2009 in Parsons, Labette Co, Kansas, USA; was buried in Parsons, Labette Co, Kansas, USA (Memorial Lawn Cemetery).