Evaline M. Cooper

Mrs. Evaline M. Cooper, 74, of Quincy, died at 3:29 a.m. Sunday (May 22, 2011) in Blessing Hospital.

Born July 4, 1936, in New Hartford, Evaline was a daughter of Fred and Mary Fern Richey Buddemeyer. She married Arnold A. Cooper Dec. 28, 1954, in New Hartford. He survives.

An active member of Madison Park Christian Church, Evaline was a member of the Women of the Word Sunday School Class and served with many of the women's ministries, including preparing and serving meals for funeral luncheons and the homebound. Evaline enjoyed reading, quilting and sewing, but her greatest joy came in spending time with her friends and family, especially her grandchildren.

Evaline was employed as a secretary at Quincy High School for 27 years. Many of those years she was responsible for organizing the schedules for substitute teachers. She retired in 1998.

Survivors include her husband, Arnold; a son, Michael Cooper (Debra) of Tulsa, Okla., and their children, Jeremy Cooper (Jennifer) and Andrew Cooper (Matt Kastl); a daughter, Lisa Schutten (Gary) of Shawnee, Okla., and their children, Tracy Harris and Craig Whitney (Hope); a daughter, Amy Herrick (Matt) of Ankeny, Iowa, and their children, Alex Herrick and Emily Herrick; a daughter, Diane Downs (Lee) of Rock Falls, and her children, Paige Last and Travis Last and their father, Doran Last; five great-grandchildren, Kaylie Whitney, Hunter Williams, Ella Whitney, Elise Whitney and Oakley Harris; and many loving nieces, nephews and cousins.

Mrs. Cooper was preceded in death by her parents; a son-in-law, Mark Higley; and a brother, Harold Buddemeyer.

SERVICES: 11 a.m. memorial Thursday in the Zehender Robinson Stormer Cookson Funeral Home conducted by Pastor Keith Ehresman. Private inurnment was in Ebeneezer Centenial Cemetery near Golden.

VISITATION: 10 a.m. until time of services Thursday in the funeral home.

MEMORIALS: Mark Higley Scholarship at John Wood Community College.

ARRANGEMENTS: Zehender Robinson Stormer Cookson Funeral Home.

Condolences may be expressed online at www.whig.com.