Kopsas, James 1886-1972

KOPSAS, KASTINE, KASTEIN

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 2/13/2014 at 16:43:23

May 18, 1972 Rock Valley Bee

James Kopsas, 85, of Doon, died Thursday. May 12 in Valley Manor Nursing Home following a long illness. Funeral services were held Monday, May 15, 2:00 p.m. in the Congregational Church at Doon with the Rev. William Ballard officiating. Mrs. Bert Highstteet accompanied the quartet of Galen Lawrence, Ivan Krull, Norman Hass and William Niermyer as they saag "Rock of Ages" and "One by One". Pallbearers were Lawrence Anderson, Gary Anderson, Robert Anderson, James A. Kopsas, Steven Kopsas and Daniel Kopsas. Burial was in Hillside Cemetery under the direction of Potter Funeral Home.

Mr. Kopsas was born on Nov. 8, 1886 In Athens. Greece. He came to the United States, settled in the Doon area in 1912. His marriage to Caroline Kastine (Kastein) on Aug.29, 1923 took place in Sioux City. He was a retired railroad man and was a resident of Valley Manor for the past three weeks.

Survivors are his widow; seven sons, George of Pasadena, Calif., Ralph of Gram Pass, Ore., John of Waynesville, Mo., Basil of Sioux City. Louie and : Alex of Doon. and Gus of Spirit Lake; four daughters, Mrs. Jerome Anderson of 'Stoux falls, S.D., Mrs. Curtis Berg of Montevideo, Minn., Mrs. Gordon Powell and Mrs. David Baird of Canton, S.D..; 25 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and three sisters in Greece