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Opal Edith Tracy

Female 1915 - 2009  (93 years)


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  • Name Opal Edith Tracy 
    Born 6 Aug 1915  , Greene Co, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 17 Feb 2009  Parsons, Labette Co, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Parsons, Labette Co, Kansas, USA (Memorial Lawn Cemetery) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I65971  A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2013 

    Father Roscoe Lonzo Tracy 
    Mother Rena Viola Blunt 
    Family ID F25933  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harold Layton Cooper, Sr.,   b. 20 Aug 1907, Linwood, Leavenworth Co, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 2005, Parsons, Labette Co, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years) 
    Married 2 Mar 1934  Columbus, Cherokee Co, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
     4. Living
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2013 
    Family ID F25932  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Cemetery:
      http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=33994512

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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.