Obit: Kopp, Kathleen (1953 - 1957)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Kopp, O’Leary, Wiegman, King, Peterson, Stoddard, Geisler, Duerkop, Runge, Cernik, Winton, Hartman  
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) January 24, 1957 
 

Kopp, Kathleen (7 May 1953 - 16 January 1957) 
 

Kathleen Kopp, three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kopp of Humbird, died Wednesday at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield, from a lingering illness. She had been in ill health since birth. 
 

Services were held Saturday afternoon from St. John’s Evangelical and Reformed Church at Humbird.  The Rev. H. A. Hartman officiated and burial took place in the Mentor Cemetery. 
 

Kathy was never very well. She was a quiet, lovable little girl and dearly loved by all.  Little Kathleen was born May 7, 1953, in Neillsville, and is survived by her parents and a brother, Marvin; her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell O’Leary of Humbird, and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Kopp of Neillsville; and her great-grandmother, Mrs. Emma O’Leary of Humbird. 
 

Pallbearers were: Clarence Wiegman, Darrel Runge, Ned King and Jerry Cernik. 
 

Out of town relatives attending the services were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wiegman and daughter Judy Ann, Waukegan, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Ned King and family, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Peterson, Altoona; Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Stoddard, Mr. and Mrs. George Geisler, Merrillan; Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Duerkop, Alma Center; Mrs. George Kopp, Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Runge, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Cernik and Hattie Winton all of Neillsville.