Marcine Maude (Rice) COOPER

COOPER, STUCK, RICE, JASS, WILSON, SMITH, CAHAIL, RAMIREZ, OSTWALD, DODD, DUTTON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 7/29/2016 at 22:48:07

May 25, 1918 ---- June 22, 2016

Marcine M. Cooper, age 98, of Dows passed away Wednesday June 22, 2016 at the Rehabilitation Center of Hampton. Memorial services for Marcine M. Cooper will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday June 29, 2016 at the Presbyterian Church in Dows. Pastor Shawn Hill will officiate. Burial will take place in the Fairview Cemetery. Visitation for Marcine M. Cooper will begin for friends and relatives at 5:00 P.M. Tuesday June 28, 2016 at the Presbyterian Church in Dows and will continue for an hour prior to the service on Wednesday. Dugger Funeral Home, 100 North Lee Street in Dows is in charge of arrangements.

Marcine Maude, daughter of Ben and Maude Stuck Rice, was born on May 25, 1918 on the Stuck farm by Dows. When Marcine was nine, her family moved to Galt. She attended and graduated from Galt High School. After high school, she went to 4 C’s Business School in Des Moines for two years. Marcine worked in Washington D.C. for one and half years. On October 9, 1941, Marcine was united into marriage to Bluferd Cooper in Galt. Marcine worked in Des Moines during World War II while B.L. was in the service. Marcine worked in the banks in Galt and Dows for 23 years. After retirement, she filled her time with quilting for family and others. She kept busy with volunteer work and church work. Marcine was a member of the Presbyterian Church, Liberty Club, and Legion Auxiliary.

Marcine is survived by her three children: Dick (Mary) Cooper, Cheryl (Bob) Jass, Phyllis (Reggie) Wilson, grandchildren: Reggie (Carrie) Cooper, Michelle (Tracy) Smith, Dana Cahail, Darci (Abel) Ramirez, Kamila (Travis) Ostwald, Kerri (Todd) Dodd, nineteen great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her husband, parents, and sister Maxine Dutton.

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