Catherine Anne Donker - I7532 - Individual Information - Wisconsin and Illinois Genealogy

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Catherine Anne Donker (I7532)

Given Names: Catherine Anne
Surname: Donker
Married Name: Catherine Coplien

Gender: Female

Birth: 13 November 1924 -- Takoma Park, Montgomery Cty., Md
Death: 13 February 2005 -- Monroe Manor Nursing Home, Monroe, Green, Wi

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After the hurricane in 1926, Catherine was without anything other then her bed clothes to wea r. The Red Cross provided her with a blue knit dress. Her sister hated the dress so much that she never in her entire life would wear a blue knit dress.

Attended St Mary's School and Freeport HS graduating in 1942. She was called out of class and the parish priest told her of her mother's death.

1942 - In Freeport IL with sister Jeanne at a movie. After the movie, when they went outside, they heard of the attack at Pearl Harbor.

First worked for as a telephone operator then WT Rawleigh in Freeport , Lewis Jeson and Author Insurance - Janesville, Adams Gas and then got her Real Estate Liscense.

Retired numerous times. She loved to work, do needle point and sew. She loved animals. Her dog as a child was Betty, a boxer. When Betty have birth, Catherine was the first to see the pups. She told her mother that Betty was being eaten by rats. Once she found out they were puppies, she named them Franklin and Elenore after the President and First Lady. Both puppies lived for a short time.

Catherine COPLIEN Birth Date: 13 Nov 1924 Death Date: 13 Feb 2005 Social Security Number: 358-18-5950 State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Illinois Death Residence Localities ZIP Code: 53546 Localities: Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin

Sept 11, 2001 - at the office of Dennis Condon when her daugher Dori called to tell her of the 9/11 attack

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Published Tuesday, February 15, 2005 11:21:14 AM Central Time

Catherine A. Coplien

JANESVILLE -- Catherine A. Coplien, age 80, of 2131 Green Valley Dr., died Sun., Feb. 13, 2005, at the Monroe Manor. She was born in Tachoma Park, MD, on Nov. 13, 1924, the daughter of John and Helen ‎‎(Howard)‎‎ Donker and was a 1949 graduate of Freeport, IL, High School. Catherine first worked for WT Rawleigh Co, Freeport. She married Ralph O. Coplien on Feb. 5, 1949. He preceded her in death on March 1, 1999. Catherine moved to Janesville in 1949‎(was actually 1942)‎, and first worked for the law firm ‎(was an insurance firm)‎ of Lewis Jensen & Aurthur. After receiving her Realtors license, she worked in the real estate business until the winter of 2003. She was an active member of New Life Assembly of God and worked with its Prime Time Program.

She is survived by her 3 daughters: Dori Coplien and Margaret Heine both of Janesville, and Kathy ‎‎(Russ)‎‎ Szelag of Durango, CO; a sister, Jeanne ‎‎(Edgar)‎‎ Trout of Palatine, IL; 3 grandchildren: Chris Heine and Catherine Heine both of Janesville, and Tom Szelag of Durango, CO; a great grandchild, Vincent Heine of Janesville; a nephew, John Trout of Palatine, IL; and her family at New Life Assembly of God, her fellow Rock/ Green Realtors and special friends, the children of Green Valley Drive. She was preceded in death by her husband and parents.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thurs., Feb. 17, 2005, at the NEW LIFE ASSEMBLY OF GOD with Pastor Mark Kilcoyne officiating. Burial will be in Milton Lawns Memorial Park. Friends may call at the SCHNEIDER APFEL SCHNEIDER & SCHNEIDER FUNERAL HOME on Wednesday from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. For on-line obituary and registry: www.schneiderfuneraldirectors.com


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	Events of close relatives
Birth	13 November 1924 2930 Takoma Park , Montgomery Cty., Md
Death of mother	29 February 1940 (Age 15) Helen Howard (I7530) (Age 45) - [Relationship Chart]
Marriage of father	September 1941 (Age 16) 1st Lt. Johann ''John'' Edward Donker (I7526) (Age 46) - [Relationship Chart] Julie Wheat (I7538) (Age 46) - [Relationship Chart] ‎[View Family ‎(F2775)‎‎]
Marriage	5 February 1949 (Age 24) Ralph Owen Coplien - ‎[View Family ‎(F193)‎‎] Home of John Donker, Freeport, Steph. Il
Death of father	September 1978 (Age 53) 1st Lt. Johann ''John'' Edward Donker (I7526) (Age 83) - [Relationship Chart]
Death	13 February 2005 (Age 80) Monroe Manor Nursing Home, Monroe, Green, Wi
Reference Number	3
Universal Identifier	57E2F623CF89D511973400E02931A9518FC9
Burial	Milton Memorial Lawn, Janesville, Rock, Wi Note: section G
Last Change	10 December 2006 - 11:20:11 Last changed by: dcoplien

Multimedia Object	Ralph and Catherine ‎(Donker)‎ Coplien Format: JPG Image Dimensions: 450 x 300 Type: tombstone Ralph Owen Coplien - [View Family ‎(F193)‎]
Multimedia Object	Ralph Catherine ‎(Donker)‎ Coplien 50th Format: jpg Image Dimensions: 1381 x 1035 Type: newspaper Ralph Owen Coplien - [View Family ‎(F193)‎]
Multimedia Object	Ralph and Catherine ‎(Donker)‎ Coplien Wedding Format: jpg Image Dimensions: 650 x 929 Type: photo Ralph Owen Coplien - [View Family ‎(F193)‎] Note: At the home of Catherine's father and step-mother, Freeport, Stephenson, IL
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Multimedia Object	Catherine Coplien - Jeanne Trout Format: jpg Image Dimensions: 850 x 638 Note: On cruise to South America, 2002. Catherine far left, Jeanne far right.
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Multimedia Object	Catherine ‎(Donker)‎ Coplien HS Graduation Format: jpg Image Dimensions: 150 x 191 Type: photo
Multimedia Object	Catherine ‎(Donker)‎ Coplien Format: jpg Image Dimensions: 363 x 455 Type: photo Note: This was Ralph's favorite photos of Kate. He thought she looked like Merna Loy ‎(movie actress)‎
Multimedia Object	Gertruda ‎(Kruse)‎ Donker and family Format: jpg Image Dimensions: 686 x 492 Type: photo Note: from left to right 1st row: Jeanne Donker, Catherine Donker 2nd row: Gertrude ‎(Kruse)‎ Donker, Paul, Becky, Fannie 3rd row: Meta, Becky, Ferdinand
Multimedia Object	Catherine ‎(Donker)‎ Coplien - Am. Legion Award Format: jpg Image Dimensions: 600 x 2103 Type: newspaper Note: St. Mary's Catholic School, Freenport, Stephenson, IL , June 30the 1938. From the Freeport Journal Standard