contributor: Dorothy Hagemann

 
Feb. 15, 1938 

DIES AT LITTLE SUAMICO

LITTLE SUAMICO, Wis. — Peter Coopman, local farmer died Tuesday afternoon at his home after a brief illness. He was 65 year old at the time of his death.

Born in Belgium, he came to the United States at the age of 14 and had been a resident of Oconto county for 35 years.

Surviving him are his widow the former Anna DeWitt; children, John and Catherine at home; Edward and Leroy, Little Suamico; Henry, Abrams; Mrs. Robert Seehawer, Athelstane; and Mrs. George Plouff, Milwaukee; 13 grandchildren, a brother. John, Duck Creek; and two sisters and a brother in Belgium.

Funeral services to be held at 9 a.m. Saturday in St. Louis church in Abrams with the Rev. M. J. Fetke in charge of the services. Burial will b in Fort Howard cemetery. The body was to be taken from the Findeisen-Greiser funeral home to the residence today.