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Leona Marie Stahl Cooper
16 Nov 1913 – 23 Jan 2009
| Birth | 16 Nov 1913 |
| Death | 23 Jan 2009 |
| Cemetery | Myrtle Cemetery Rock Island , Colorado County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Doug Green on 14 Aug 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19983934 |
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Obit for Leona Cooper Leona Marie Cooper, 95, went to find her reward Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 at the Columbus Care Nursing home. Marie was granted her final dream: she left this earth peacefully surrounded by the love of her children and grandchildren. Marie was born to Lee and Emma Crosby Stahl of Runge on Nov. 16, 1913. The eldest of five children, she was the last remaining. At a very young age, her family moved to Rock Island; it would be here that she would meet her life's mate. She was united in marriage to Arthur Russell Cooper on March 11, 1938 at the Methodist Parsonage in Garwood. In 1948, Arthur and Marie moved to Eagle Lake. Marie began a career in nursing in 1949 as a private duty nurse for an elderly lady. Aug. 1, 1951, she became a floor nurse at Laughlin Hospital. She transferred to the Eagle Lake Community Hospital upon its opening. The Colorado Fayette Counties voted Marie as Nurse of the Year in 1978. She worked there until retirement at the age of 70. She was a member of the Baptist Church; when she was no longer able to drive, deacons of the church would pick her up so she could attend services and special programs. She must have earned a lot of stars for her crown; her mother-in-law, Virgie Cooper, lived with her from 1943 until her death in 1982. Marie lived her life serving the sick of the community and being available for her family. She was loved by many and will be greatly missed by her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. She spent the last eleven and a half years of her life in a nursing home because she never wanted to be a burden to her children by living with them. She was preceded in death by her husband Russell Cooper in 1981 as well as her parents, her sisters Thelma Fendley and Emma Lee Newman, and brothers Elmer Stahl and John Henry Stahl. She leaves to cherish her life, her children, a son Harvey Cooper and his wife Judy, and a daughter Anna Mae Wiese and her husband Donnie; grandchildren, Debra Lynn Cooper McCullough and husband Justin, Johnny Cooper and wife Debra Sue, Lt. Richard Wiese and wife Christi, Sgt. David Wiese and wife Sheryl, Melanie Wiese Marsalia and husband Bobby; great grandchildren, Alyssa Marsalia, Hannah Wiese, Mackenzie Wiese, Lauren Wiese, Benjamin Wiese, Joseph Marasalia, Micah Wiese and David Wiese Jr.; and one nephew Henry Lee Stahl. Services, officiated by Kevin Collison, were Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009 at the Eagle Lake Funeral Home. Gravesite service was at Myrtle Cemetery in Rock Island. Pallbearers were Mark Anderson, Martin Herman, Lawrence Berger, Justin McCullough, Noble Anderson and Melvin Stancik. The family would like to thank everyone for their love and support of Marie during her life and to them during this time. We would especially like to thank ones who so loving cared for her during her later years of life. Colorado County Citizen, January 27, 2009 Contributed by Judy Talkington
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