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Betty Lou Kopatz

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[November 14, 2017]  MOUNT PULASKI - Betty Lou Kopatz, 88, passed away at 5:36 a.m. on November 11, 2017 at Vonderlieth Living Center in Mount Pulaski.

Visitation:  9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 17 at Zion Lutheran Church in Mount Pulaski

Service: 10:30 a.m. Friday at the church  

Funeral home: Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Mount Pulaski

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Betty Lou Kopatz, 88, passed away at 5:36 a.m. on November 11, 2017 at Vonderlieth Living Center in Mount Pulaski.

Betty was born on January 28, 1929 in Lincoln, daughter of Theodore and Cleva (Brashear) Aderman. She married Carl Kopatz on June 18, 1966. He preceded her in death on November 15, 2016.

Surviving Betty is her son: Rev Dr. Perry Kopatz of Phoenix, AZ; two grandchildren: Jeremy Kopatz and Christine Kopatz both of Phoenix, AZ; two great grandchildren: Peyton Rose Kopatz and Ryden Quinn Kopatz; one nephew: Don Zelle of St. Louis, MO; one niece: Deborah (Jim) Stahl of Sherman, IL. She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister: Mildred Aderman Haynes, and two aunts: Alma Bridges and Ann Brashear.

Until age 17, she lived on the Elias Buckles farm west of Mount Pulaski. She graduated from Buckles Grade School and Mount Pulaski Township High School. She then graduated from Milliken University in Decatur, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in art and a minor in science. She took classes in Normal at the University Of Illinois and did graduate work at S.I.U. in literature and writing.

 

She taught school kindergarten through eighth grade as well as art and music for grades one through six and science for grades one through four. She taught for 20 plus years in several communities in Illinois and Prince Georges County, Maryland with poetry writings published in several anthologies.

Betty worked one year as a district director for the Land Of Lincoln Girl Scouts and two years at The Franklin Life in Springfield. She was a member of Mount Pulaski Historical Society and the Zion Lutheran Church of Mount Pulaski.

Services for Betty will be 10:30 a.m. Friday November 17, 2017 at Zion Lutheran Church in Mount Pulaski with Rev. Jonathan Buescher officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to service also at the church. Burial at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield will follow the service.

Memorials may be made in Betty’s name to Zion Lutheran Church of Mount Pulaski.

Services are entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount Pulaski.

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