Erma Chapman 1917-1982

CHAPMAN, COOPER, APPLEBY, OTTEN, HARTFORD, LAMBERT, RECZIK

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 6/7/2020 at 11:23:02

June 4, 1982 - The Midland Times

Erma M. Chapman, 64, widow of Joseph Chapman, died early Tuesday morning, May 25, at St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids following an extended illness.

Services were Friday, May 28, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church with the Rev. Joseph O'Brien and the Rev. John Peters officiating. Burial was in the Oakwood Cemetery, Monticello. A Rosary was recited Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Goettsch Funeral Home.

She was born at Oxford Junction Oct. 29, 1917, the daughter of Ernest and Alice Fisher Cooper. She received her education in the Monticello schools.

She married Joseph Chapman Nov. 23, 1938, at Rock Island, Ill. The couple made their home in Hopkinton. Mr. Chapman preceded her in death in 1962. Mrs. Chapman made her home in Hopkinton until moving to Anamosa in 1975.

She is survived by two sons, Larry of Iowa City and Richard of Marion; five sisters, Mrs. Marguerite Appleby of Monticello, Mrs. Elizabeth Otten of Monticello, Mrs. Genevieve Hartford of Maquoketa, Mrs. Edith Lambert of Monticello and Mrs. Pauline Reczik of San Mateo, Calif.; and nine grandchildren.

In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers.