Koppen, Lucille (1921-2012)
KOPPEN, PETERSON, PAULSEN, BENTLEY, RECKLIEFS, HANSON, WAYNE
Posted By: Paul Nagy (email)
Date: 4/17/2012 at 23:13:24
Lucille Koppen
(July 3, 1921 - April 7, 2012)Lucille Koppen, age 90, of Burnsville, Minnesota, and formerly of Buffalo Center, died Saturday at The Rivers in Burnsville, Minnesota.
Lucille Lois Koppen was born on July 3, 1921, in Titonka, Iowa, the daughter of Ernest and Martha (Paulsen) Peterson. She grew up in Titonka where she attended high school, graduating in 1938. Lucille then moved to Algona where she worked in the conservation office for two and a half years and as a teller and bookkeeper in the bank for three years. An exceptional skeet shooter, she would join her father, Ernest, in numerous area tournaments where they often dominated all competitors.
In 1941, she met Wayne Koppen. They were engaged in 1942 and married on March 12, 1944. They farmed with Wayne’s father, Otto Koppen, and brother, Orville Koppen, until 1948 when they moved to a farm west of Rake and raised six children before retiring in 1990.
After Wayne’s death in 1991, Lucille moved to a home in Buffalo Center, Iowa. An active member of the United Methodist Church in Buffalo Center, she served on the United Methodist Women’s Board, the Mary Circle, and as the acting church secretary into her mid 80’s.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Wayne; a daughter, Meredith Ann; her sisters, Lela Bentley and Deloris Reckliefs; and her brothers, Eugene, Merle, Larry, and Richard Peterson; as well as one grandchild, Kristofer Koppen.
Lucille is survived by six children; fourteen grandchildren, and nineteen great grandchildren. They include Carol (Koppen) Wagner, of Mesa, Arizona, her husband, Jim, and their daughters, Julie and Heather; James Koppen, of Pine City, Minnesota, his wife, Kandis (Hagedorn), and their children, Nikole, Chelsey, and Aaron; Roger Koppen, of Jefferson, Iowa, his wife, Lynette (Held), and their daughters, Shannon, Wendy, and Allison; Ronald Koppen, of Algona, Iowa, and his children, Krystina and Jeremy; Neil Koppen, of Hamburg, New York, his wife Lin (Van Dyke), and their daughters, Brittany and Jenna; and Janet (Koppen) Hanson, of Apple Valley, Minnesota, and her two daughters, Whitney and Natalie. Other survivors include sisters-in-law, Genevive (Koppen) Wayne and Irene Peterson.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM, Friday, April 13, 2012, at the United Methodist Church in Buffalo Center, Iowa, with Pastor Deb Devine officiating.
Visitation will be Thursday, April 12, 2012, from 5:00-7:00 PM at the Winter Funeral Home in Buffalo Center.
Burial will be at Graceland Cemetery in Buffalo Center.Copyright © 2012, Winter Funeral Home and Cremation Service
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