Blossom Coplea, 94, of Olney, died at 1:59 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, 1999, at Burgin Manor.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Zirkle Funeral Home in Olney with Minister Edward W. Loyd officiating. Burial will be in Dundas Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mrs. Coplea was born Oct. 16, 1904, in Dundas, the daughter of Martin and Inez (Rictor) Bennett. She married Ernest Teitsort. He preceded her in death. She then married Loy Coplea. He preceded her in death.
She taught school at West Liberty, Hinman and Linder schools and worked at the Olney Sanitarium and Weber Clinic. She was a member of Dundas United Methodist Church.
She is survived by one son, John Teitsort and his wife, Frankie, of Memphis, Tenn.; two daughters, Alicia Campen and her husband, Eldon, of Bedford, Ind., and Katy Pannkuk and her husband, Eugene, of Forreston; one sister, Ellen Wettreau, of Dundas; one sister-in-law, Flossie Bennett, of Ypsilanti, Mich.; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and several step-children, step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; an infant son, Billy Teitsort; a brother, Roe Bennett; two sisters, Bernice Swinson and Nellie Teitsort; and a great-grandson, Jason Campen.
Olney Daily Mail (IL) Feb. 9, 1999
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Zirkle Funeral Home in Olney with Minister Edward W. Loyd officiating. Burial will be in Dundas Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mrs. Coplea was born Oct. 16, 1904, in Dundas, the daughter of Martin and Inez (Rictor) Bennett. She married Ernest Teitsort. He preceded her in death. She then married Loy Coplea. He preceded her in death.
She taught school at West Liberty, Hinman and Linder schools and worked at the Olney Sanitarium and Weber Clinic. She was a member of Dundas United Methodist Church.
She is survived by one son, John Teitsort and his wife, Frankie, of Memphis, Tenn.; two daughters, Alicia Campen and her husband, Eldon, of Bedford, Ind., and Katy Pannkuk and her husband, Eugene, of Forreston; one sister, Ellen Wettreau, of Dundas; one sister-in-law, Flossie Bennett, of Ypsilanti, Mich.; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and several step-children, step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; an infant son, Billy Teitsort; a brother, Roe Bennett; two sisters, Bernice Swinson and Nellie Teitsort; and a great-grandson, Jason Campen.
Olney Daily Mail (IL) Feb. 9, 1999
Blossom Coplea, 94, of Olney, died at 1:59 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7, 1999, at Burgin Manor.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Zirkle Funeral Home in Olney with Minister Edward W. Loyd officiating. Burial will be in Dundas Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mrs. Coplea was born Oct. 16, 1904, in Dundas, the daughter of Martin and Inez (Rictor) Bennett. She married Ernest Teitsort. He preceded her in death. She then married Loy Coplea. He preceded her in death.
She taught school at West Liberty, Hinman and Linder schools and worked at the Olney Sanitarium and Weber Clinic. She was a member of Dundas United Methodist Church.
She is survived by one son, John Teitsort and his wife, Frankie, of Memphis, Tenn.; two daughters, Alicia Campen and her husband, Eldon, of Bedford, Ind., and Katy Pannkuk and her husband, Eugene, of Forreston; one sister, Ellen Wettreau, of Dundas; one sister-in-law, Flossie Bennett, of Ypsilanti, Mich.; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and several step-children, step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; an infant son, Billy Teitsort; a brother, Roe Bennett; two sisters, Bernice Swinson and Nellie Teitsort; and a great-grandson, Jason Campen.
Olney Daily Mail (IL) Feb. 9, 1999
Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Zirkle Funeral Home in Olney with Minister Edward W. Loyd officiating. Burial will be in Dundas Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Mrs. Coplea was born Oct. 16, 1904, in Dundas, the daughter of Martin and Inez (Rictor) Bennett. She married Ernest Teitsort. He preceded her in death. She then married Loy Coplea. He preceded her in death.
She taught school at West Liberty, Hinman and Linder schools and worked at the Olney Sanitarium and Weber Clinic. She was a member of Dundas United Methodist Church.
She is survived by one son, John Teitsort and his wife, Frankie, of Memphis, Tenn.; two daughters, Alicia Campen and her husband, Eldon, of Bedford, Ind., and Katy Pannkuk and her husband, Eugene, of Forreston; one sister, Ellen Wettreau, of Dundas; one sister-in-law, Flossie Bennett, of Ypsilanti, Mich.; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and several step-children, step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; an infant son, Billy Teitsort; a brother, Roe Bennett; two sisters, Bernice Swinson and Nellie Teitsort; and a great-grandson, Jason Campen.
Olney Daily Mail (IL) Feb. 9, 1999
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