Bessie M. Swan Loper 1884-1974

LOPER, SWAN, CONGROVE

Posted By: deb (email)
Date: 7/18/2018 at 14:38:04

Mrs. Bessie M. Loper, 90, formerly of Sperry, died at 9:25 a.m. Saturday, November 9, in St. Luke hospital, Davenport.

She was born December 13, 1884, at Morning Sun, the daughter of Joseph and Edith Congrove Swan. She married John Loper September 14, 1901, in Morning Sun.

She was a housewife, a member of the Sperry United Methodist church, and a graduate of Morning Sun high school.

Surviving: One son, Glenn, Davenport; two grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and one brother, Ray, Tucson, Arizona.

Funeral: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sperry United Methodist church, Reverend Delbert Terry; Memorial Park cemetery, Burlington. The body is at Fry Chapel, Mediapolis. A memorial has been established.