Obit: Copet, Mary (1861 - 1943)

 
Contact: Jack B. Copet
Email: jbcopet@sbcglobal.net

Surnames: Copet, Jindra, Wendorf, Beal, Yendra

----Source: Marshfield News Herald, Marshfield, Wood Co., WI, 1943

Copet, Mary (1861 - 1943)

(By News-Herald Correspondent)

Spencer - Mrs. Mary Copet, 82, who since 1935 had been living with her daughter, Mrs. Rose Wendorf, in the Town of Chelsea, died there at 5:45 o'clock Sat.evening following a three months' illness caused by a paralysis.

The body is lying in state at the Swarthout Funeral Home, Spencer, where the Rev. Ellery J. Beal, Marshfield, will officiate at services Tues. afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will take place in the West Spencer Cemetery.

Mrs. Copet, nee Mary Yendra, was born in Bohemia in 1861, and when she was 14 years old came to America. She was married in Montgomery, Minn., Sept. 22, 1883 to Thomas Copet, who died in 1935.

In 1890, the Copets came to Spencer, where they had made their home for 46 years. The next six years were spent in Marshfield, and after the death of Mr. Copet, his wife went to live with their only daughter.

Surviving besides the daughter, Mrs. Rose Wendorf, Medford, are three sons, Frank, Fred, and Ed Copet, all of Spencer, nine grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.

 

 

 


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