POOPAL, Jennie (Buss) 1912-1976

KOOPAL, BUSS

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 4/20/2016 at 16:41:48

Mrs. Jennie Koopal Funeral
Held At Bethel Alliance

Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Koopal, 63, who died April 11 at Methodist hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, were held April 14 at Bethel Alliance church in Lyle with the Rev. Marshall Averbeck officiating. Interment was in Woodbury cemetery west of Lyle, Minnesota.

Jennie Koopal, daughter of John and Jennie Buss, was born at George September 30, 1912. With the exception of a few years spent in the Netherlands, she lived around George.

On November 29, 1933 she married Cornelius (Case) Koopal and three sons were born to this union.

In the spring of 1947 she moved from Sheldon with her family to Lyle. She was active in project groups and handicraft work.

She is survived by three sons: John of Waverly, Iowa, Sammy of Lyle, Minn.; William of Austin, Minn.; two daughters-in-law, Mrs. John (Betty) Koopal and Mrs. William (Eileen) Koopal; six grandchildren, Steven, Kellie, Craig, Kathi, Susan and Michael; three brothers: Henry Buss of Rock Rapids, Albert Buss of Ashton; Fred Buss of Sioux City; four sisters: Mrs. Art (Tina) Schaafsma of Midland Park, N.J.; Mrs. Albert (Rena) Vander Ploeg of Ridgewood, N.J.; Mrs. Henry (Johanna) Heerkina of Rochester; N.Y.; and Ann Elzenga of Long Beach, Calif.; nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Case.

Source: St. Ansger [Iowa] Enterprise, 22 April 1976, page 6