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COPELAND, Ruth N.: Died 1984

COPELAND, NEWBERRY, DOWNEY, THOMPSON, VICE, BARBER, RODGERS, POOL, CLINGMAN

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Date: 3/20/2018 at 17:45:54

Ruth Copeland

FAIRFIELD - Ruth N. Copeland, 75, of 1101 E. Jefferson, died at 8:20 p.m. Oct. 20, 1984, at her home.

She was born June 22, 1909, in Lamoni, to Arthur and Eva Newberry Downey. She married Clifford Copeland on July 4, 1927, in Mount Pleasant. He died Aug. 21, 1983. A lifelong Jefferson County resident, she was a homemaker and a cook at several clubs and restaurants before her retirement. She attended Faith Baptist Church.

She is survived by five sons, Carroll, John and Darrell of Fairfield, Wayne C. of Lexington, N.C., and Larry of Libertyville; five daughters, Bernice Thompson of Grand Prairie, Texas, Donna Vice and Rita Barber of Fairfield, Rosalie Rodgers of Lincoln, Neb., and Carolyn Pool of Birmingham; 32 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Roy Downey of Fairfield and Don Downey of Hedrick; and one sister, Dorothy Clingman of Hedrick.

The service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Behner Funeral Home, with the Rev. Paul Vaughn officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

Family visitation will be 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

A memorial has been established to the heart fund.

**Handwritten: 1984

Source: Van Buren Co. Genealogical Society Obituary Book, J, Page 127, Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, IA


 

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