DATELINE: Grafton
NAME: Russel Owen Cope, Sr.
AGE: 80 BORN: April 25, 1933 in Grafton, IL.
DIED: 9:50 a.m. Monday April 29, 2013 at
PARENTS: Alvin & Ruby (Beesaw) Cope (Both Deceased)
MARRIED: Janet C. Wallace (Died: Dec. 7, 2005)
DATE & PLACE: 1980 in St. Louis
OCCUPATION: Retired from Duncan Foundry in Alton
MILITARY SERVICE: U.S. Army Veteran
VISITATION: 1-3 p.m. Sunday May 5, 2013
At Alexander & Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville
FUNERAL: 3:00 p.m. Sunday May 5, 2013
At Alexander & Gubser Funeral Home in Jerseyville
Military Rites by Jerseyville American Legion Post #492
CLERGY: Rev. Sonny Renken
BURIAL: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis at a later time.
MEMORIALS: In Lieu of Flowers, The Family
SURVIVORS
CHILDREN: Mary Jane Woolsey, Sally Ann Woolsey and
Russel Owen Cope, Jr.
GRANDCHILDREN: Amber Lynn Hampshire, Derek Allen Woolsey, Alex Joseph Woolsey and Sophia Caroline Cope.
GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN: Emily Ikue Rose Hampshire, Hope Hampshire, Ethan Hampshire.
SISTER: Zelis Jean Richards of Brighton
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Parents, Wife, Brothers: Robert, Leonard, Bill, Claude & Ralph Cope. Sister: Kathryn Cope