W.R.COPPAGE, 57, RITES TOMORROW
Supervised Construction of Bear Mountain and George Washington Bridges.
Funeral services for William Rily Coppage, general superintendent in charge of construction on the Bear Mountain and George Washington Bridges, who died Tuesday in his home, 40-84 Hampton st., Elmhurst, of a cerebral hemorrhage after an illness of six months, will be conducted tomorrow at 2 P. M. in the home. The Rev. John Bowers, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Elmhurst, will officiate. Burial will be in Flushing Cemetery. Mr. Coppage, who was 57, was born in Marion County, Ky., the son of Moses A. and Sarah Thornton Coppage. His first job was as a riveter on a bridge in Wheeling, W. Va. He attended night school and took correspondence courses. Later he was employed by the American Bridge Co., which built bridges throughout Ohio, acting as foreman on a number of jobs, and then was associated with the Terry & Tench Construction Co., of New York. When that company built the Manhattan Bridge he was foreman of the construction crew. He was general construction superintendent when the company remodeled Belmont Park race track and in work on the Grand Central Terminal, the Grand Central Palace and the Biltmore Hotel. Later he was general superintendent for Levering & Garrigues, which built the Roxy Theatre and Mecca Temple, Manhattan. He next was employed by the O'Rourke Construction Co., but was drafted by the Harriman estate when it took over the building of the Bear Mountain Bridge. His next job was with the John A. Roebling's Sons Co., of New York, and with them he was general superintendent in the building of the George Washington Bridge. When this was over, he took a two-year vacation, but returned to accept a position as general superintendent and adviser with the CWA. He resigned after a year because of his health. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Lela M. Key, of Chicago; a son, William W. Coppage; his father and two brothers, Lafayette Coppage, of Dallas, Tex., and Perry W. Coppage. Mr. Coppage was a member of Mecca Temple and the Hoboken Lodge of Masons, the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias in Union City, N. J.
Times Union (Brooklyn, New York) 4 Jan 1935, Fri
Supervised Construction of Bear Mountain and George Washington Bridges.
Funeral services for William Rily Coppage, general superintendent in charge of construction on the Bear Mountain and George Washington Bridges, who died Tuesday in his home, 40-84 Hampton st., Elmhurst, of a cerebral hemorrhage after an illness of six months, will be conducted tomorrow at 2 P. M. in the home. The Rev. John Bowers, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Elmhurst, will officiate. Burial will be in Flushing Cemetery. Mr. Coppage, who was 57, was born in Marion County, Ky., the son of Moses A. and Sarah Thornton Coppage. His first job was as a riveter on a bridge in Wheeling, W. Va. He attended night school and took correspondence courses. Later he was employed by the American Bridge Co., which built bridges throughout Ohio, acting as foreman on a number of jobs, and then was associated with the Terry & Tench Construction Co., of New York. When that company built the Manhattan Bridge he was foreman of the construction crew. He was general construction superintendent when the company remodeled Belmont Park race track and in work on the Grand Central Terminal, the Grand Central Palace and the Biltmore Hotel. Later he was general superintendent for Levering & Garrigues, which built the Roxy Theatre and Mecca Temple, Manhattan. He next was employed by the O'Rourke Construction Co., but was drafted by the Harriman estate when it took over the building of the Bear Mountain Bridge. His next job was with the John A. Roebling's Sons Co., of New York, and with them he was general superintendent in the building of the George Washington Bridge. When this was over, he took a two-year vacation, but returned to accept a position as general superintendent and adviser with the CWA. He resigned after a year because of his health. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Lela M. Key, of Chicago; a son, William W. Coppage; his father and two brothers, Lafayette Coppage, of Dallas, Tex., and Perry W. Coppage. Mr. Coppage was a member of Mecca Temple and the Hoboken Lodge of Masons, the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias in Union City, N. J.
Times Union (Brooklyn, New York) 4 Jan 1935, Fri
W.R.COPPAGE, 57, RITES TOMORROW
Supervised Construction of Bear Mountain and George Washington Bridges.
Funeral services for William Rily Coppage, general superintendent in charge of construction on the Bear Mountain and George Washington Bridges, who died Tuesday in his home, 40-84 Hampton st., Elmhurst, of a cerebral hemorrhage after an illness of six months, will be conducted tomorrow at 2 P. M. in the home. The Rev. John Bowers, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Elmhurst, will officiate. Burial will be in Flushing Cemetery. Mr. Coppage, who was 57, was born in Marion County, Ky., the son of Moses A. and Sarah Thornton Coppage. His first job was as a riveter on a bridge in Wheeling, W. Va. He attended night school and took correspondence courses. Later he was employed by the American Bridge Co., which built bridges throughout Ohio, acting as foreman on a number of jobs, and then was associated with the Terry & Tench Construction Co., of New York. When that company built the Manhattan Bridge he was foreman of the construction crew. He was general construction superintendent when the company remodeled Belmont Park race track and in work on the Grand Central Terminal, the Grand Central Palace and the Biltmore Hotel. Later he was general superintendent for Levering & Garrigues, which built the Roxy Theatre and Mecca Temple, Manhattan. He next was employed by the O'Rourke Construction Co., but was drafted by the Harriman estate when it took over the building of the Bear Mountain Bridge. His next job was with the John A. Roebling's Sons Co., of New York, and with them he was general superintendent in the building of the George Washington Bridge. When this was over, he took a two-year vacation, but returned to accept a position as general superintendent and adviser with the CWA. He resigned after a year because of his health. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Lela M. Key, of Chicago; a son, William W. Coppage; his father and two brothers, Lafayette Coppage, of Dallas, Tex., and Perry W. Coppage. Mr. Coppage was a member of Mecca Temple and the Hoboken Lodge of Masons, the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias in Union City, N. J.
Times Union (Brooklyn, New York) 4 Jan 1935, Fri
Supervised Construction of Bear Mountain and George Washington Bridges.
Funeral services for William Rily Coppage, general superintendent in charge of construction on the Bear Mountain and George Washington Bridges, who died Tuesday in his home, 40-84 Hampton st., Elmhurst, of a cerebral hemorrhage after an illness of six months, will be conducted tomorrow at 2 P. M. in the home. The Rev. John Bowers, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Elmhurst, will officiate. Burial will be in Flushing Cemetery. Mr. Coppage, who was 57, was born in Marion County, Ky., the son of Moses A. and Sarah Thornton Coppage. His first job was as a riveter on a bridge in Wheeling, W. Va. He attended night school and took correspondence courses. Later he was employed by the American Bridge Co., which built bridges throughout Ohio, acting as foreman on a number of jobs, and then was associated with the Terry & Tench Construction Co., of New York. When that company built the Manhattan Bridge he was foreman of the construction crew. He was general construction superintendent when the company remodeled Belmont Park race track and in work on the Grand Central Terminal, the Grand Central Palace and the Biltmore Hotel. Later he was general superintendent for Levering & Garrigues, which built the Roxy Theatre and Mecca Temple, Manhattan. He next was employed by the O'Rourke Construction Co., but was drafted by the Harriman estate when it took over the building of the Bear Mountain Bridge. His next job was with the John A. Roebling's Sons Co., of New York, and with them he was general superintendent in the building of the George Washington Bridge. When this was over, he took a two-year vacation, but returned to accept a position as general superintendent and adviser with the CWA. He resigned after a year because of his health. Surviving are his wife, the former Miss Lela M. Key, of Chicago; a son, William W. Coppage; his father and two brothers, Lafayette Coppage, of Dallas, Tex., and Perry W. Coppage. Mr. Coppage was a member of Mecca Temple and the Hoboken Lodge of Masons, the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias in Union City, N. J.
Times Union (Brooklyn, New York) 4 Jan 1935, Fri
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