Missouri death certificate # 41652 male, white, married, Frisco Agent, Railroad, retired. Unknown if veteran. Wife and informant Zona Copening. Cause of death car, truck collision accident on Highway 66. Herman Surridge Coroner, Aurora, MO. Alma Lohmeyer Funeral Home. Interred in Maple Park Cemetery December 22, 1945.
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OBIT:
Joe A. Copening, 54, Frisco agent at Nichols Junction, and his nephew, Etch. Sgt. Edward Copening, 23 who recently returned from the China-India-Burma Theater of Operations, were killed instantly Monday evening near Miller when their car skidded into a transport truck. They were returning to Springfield from a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Jess Copening at Mt. Vernon when the accident occurred.
Sgt. Copening is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Copening of Swedebourg. Besides his parents, Sgt. Copening is survived by one sister. Joe A. Copening is a son of the late William Copening, who reared his family on the old Copening place near Niangua.
Besides his brother, Paul, J. A. is survived by his wife and son, and another brother, Jesse, of Mount Vernon; two half-sisters, Mrs. Taylor Mahanay of Springfield and Mrs. John Elmore of Niangua; one half-brother, Bernie Copening of Kansas City, and his aunt, Mrs. Elen Puett, the sole survivor of the William Copening family.
Funeral services for Sgt. Copening will be held at Swedebourg today with burial at Richland. Funeral arrangements for Joe Copening are incomplete pending arrival of his only son from Baltimore, Maryland.
The Marshfield Mail, December 20, 1945.
Suggested edit April 24, 2020
OBIT:
Joe A. Copening, 54, Frisco agent at Nichols Junction, and his nephew, Etch. Sgt. Edward Copening, 23 who recently returned from the China-India-Burma Theater of Operations, were killed instantly Monday evening near Miller when their car skidded into a transport truck. They were returning to Springfield from a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Jess Copening at Mt. Vernon when the accident occurred.
Sgt. Copening is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Copening of Swedebourg. Besides his parents, Sgt. Copening is survived by one sister. Joe A. Copening is a son of the late William Copening, who reared his family on the old Copening place near Niangua.
Besides his brother, Paul, J. A. is survived by his wife and son, and another brother, Jesse, of Mount Vernon; two half-sisters, Mrs. Taylor Mahanay of Springfield and Mrs. John Elmore of Niangua; one half-brother, Bernie Copening of Kansas City, and his aunt, Mrs. Elen Puett, the sole survivor of the William Copening family.
Funeral services for Sgt. Copening will be held at Swedebourg today with burial at Richland. Funeral arrangements for Joe Copening are incomplete pending arrival of his only son from Baltimore, Maryland.
The Marshfield Mail, December 20, 1945.
Missouri death certificate # 41652 male, white, married, Frisco Agent, Railroad, retired. Unknown if veteran. Wife and informant Zona Copening. Cause of death car, truck collision accident on Highway 66. Herman Surridge Coroner, Aurora, MO. Alma Lohmeyer Funeral Home. Interred in Maple Park Cemetery December 22, 1945.
Suggested edit April 24, 2020
OBIT:
Joe A. Copening, 54, Frisco agent at Nichols Junction, and his nephew, Etch. Sgt. Edward Copening, 23 who recently returned from the China-India-Burma Theater of Operations, were killed instantly Monday evening near Miller when their car skidded into a transport truck. They were returning to Springfield from a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Jess Copening at Mt. Vernon when the accident occurred.
Sgt. Copening is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Copening of Swedebourg. Besides his parents, Sgt. Copening is survived by one sister. Joe A. Copening is a son of the late William Copening, who reared his family on the old Copening place near Niangua.
Besides his brother, Paul, J. A. is survived by his wife and son, and another brother, Jesse, of Mount Vernon; two half-sisters, Mrs. Taylor Mahanay of Springfield and Mrs. John Elmore of Niangua; one half-brother, Bernie Copening of Kansas City, and his aunt, Mrs. Elen Puett, the sole survivor of the William Copening family.
Funeral services for Sgt. Copening will be held at Swedebourg today with burial at Richland. Funeral arrangements for Joe Copening are incomplete pending arrival of his only son from Baltimore, Maryland.
The Marshfield Mail, December 20, 1945.
Suggested edit April 24, 2020
OBIT:
Joe A. Copening, 54, Frisco agent at Nichols Junction, and his nephew, Etch. Sgt. Edward Copening, 23 who recently returned from the China-India-Burma Theater of Operations, were killed instantly Monday evening near Miller when their car skidded into a transport truck. They were returning to Springfield from a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Jess Copening at Mt. Vernon when the accident occurred.
Sgt. Copening is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Copening of Swedebourg. Besides his parents, Sgt. Copening is survived by one sister. Joe A. Copening is a son of the late William Copening, who reared his family on the old Copening place near Niangua.
Besides his brother, Paul, J. A. is survived by his wife and son, and another brother, Jesse, of Mount Vernon; two half-sisters, Mrs. Taylor Mahanay of Springfield and Mrs. John Elmore of Niangua; one half-brother, Bernie Copening of Kansas City, and his aunt, Mrs. Elen Puett, the sole survivor of the William Copening family.
Funeral services for Sgt. Copening will be held at Swedebourg today with burial at Richland. Funeral arrangements for Joe Copening are incomplete pending arrival of his only son from Baltimore, Maryland.
The Marshfield Mail, December 20, 1945.
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COPENING
ZONA H.
DEC. 28, 1887
NOV. 13, 1977
JOSEPH A.
FEB. 12, 1892
DEC. 17, 1945
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