Cope, Mrs. Herbert (died 1934)

COPE

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 11/25/2014 at 09:45:57

LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
August 14, 1934

MRS. HERBERT COPE CLAIMED BY DEATH
Well Known Member Of English Colony In Eighties

Misses Bertha and Minnie Speier, of this city are in receipt of a letter from Mrs. Winifred Lamarque, informing them of the death recently of Mrs. Herbert Cope, a resident of LeMars in the eighties and nineties. Mrs. Cope died at the home of a son, Bertram Cope, living in Ontario. She had attained the age of 92 years. On leaving LeMars the Cope family lived near Winnipeg, Manitoba. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Cope lived in Vancouver, B.C. with a daughter, Mrs. Lamarque, and later in Ontario. Herbert Cope was a notable figure in LeMars in the boom days of the eighties. With his wife and a large number of children, he came to LeMars in 1880, when a colony of Britishers settled in this part of the country.

Mr. Cope farmed in Washington township for some years and at one time built the four or five houses located just across the Floyd bridge west of LeMars, living in the place owned by Barney Kramer. He also owned considerable business and residence property in LeMars.

Mr. Cope and his family while living here were noted for their musical accomplishments and the members among themselves constituted a band and an orchestra.

The farm homes they occupied “Gypsy Hill” and “Troscoed” were famed for their hospitality and musical entertainments.

The late Mr. Cope was widely traveled man, having lived in China and India before coming to the United States.

Mrs. Cope is survived by four sons and four daughters.

Mrs. Cope was buried at Winnipeg beside the remains of her husband.