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Anna Patricia "Ann" Drapal Kucera Covel
20 May 1917 – 23 Oct 2009
| Birth | 20 May 1917 |
| Death | 23 Oct 2009 |
| Cemetery | Columbia Memorial Gardens Cemetery Scappoose , Columbia County , Oregon , USA |
| Added by | Jan B. on 20 Feb 2011 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43963578 |
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The South County Spotlight Columbia County, Oregon Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Ann P. Drapal Kucera Covel Ann P. Kucera Covel of Scappoose died Oct. 23, 2009. She was 92. Anna Patricia Drapal was born May 20, 1917, on the family farm near Nelson, Neb., to Jan and Ludmila Drapal. She was the third of five children. After graduating from high school with a teaching certificate, she taught school for two years. During that time she met her husband, Louie Joseph Kucera. The couple married in 1940 after she moved to Oregon, and raised five children. A stay at home mom, she grew and canned fruits and vegetables, cooked, cleaned, weeded, and raised chickens. Devoted to the Catholic Church, she was active in the Altar Society, and taught religious classes to children. After her husband's death in 1967, she worked as a nurse's aid to help support her family. In 1971, she met and married her second husband, Harold Floyd Covel. The couple enjoyed dancing, playing cards, and being part of an extended family. Following Harold's death in 1981, she was involved in quilting, and volunteering at the Scappoose Senior Center Thrift Store. Most importantly, she was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, who unconditionally cared for and supported her family throughout all these years. She is survived by her children, Roger Louis Kucera, Ronald Frank Kucera, Gerald James Kucera, Thomas Ray Kucera, and Debra Ann Braun; grandchildren, Michelle Potter, James Kucera, Dena Smith, Sandra Freemon, Kristen Vedder, Amy Hugo, Michael Kucera, Timothy Braun, Tracey Allred, Dustin Kucera, Rachel Braun, and Laura Braun; 13 great-grandchildren; and siblings, Erma Kimminau Kirchen, and Sr. Germaine Drapal, both of Nebraska. Rosary service and funeral mass were held Oct. 26 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Scappoose. Interment was at Columbia Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Scappoose.
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- Rose C. Drapal Mazour 1894–1971
- John Drapal 1895–1982
- Mary Frances Drapal Kucera 1899–1982
- Ludvik J. "Louis" Drapal 1913–1934
- Erma Drapal Kimminau Kirchen 1915–2009
- Sr Germaine Frances Drapal 1919–2010
- Gertrude Josephine "Trudy" Drapal Perkins 1921–2005
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