Alma Cope

Alma Virginia Cope, 87, of Fairdealing, Mo., died Monday, Nov. 15, 2004, at the home of a son in Jackson.

She was born Oct. 2, 1917, at Ten Mile, Mo., daughter of Ira Menzo and Ennola Russell Sauer. She and William Paul Spell were married April 7, 1935. He died July 18, 1944. She and Alfred L. Cope were married May 6, 1946, in Pocahontas, Ark. He died April 19, 1993.

Cope had been a school cook many years.

Survivors include a son, Jim Cope of Jackson; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two daughters, two sisters and five brothers.

Friends may call at Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan, Mo., from 5 to 8 p.m. today.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Daniel Hale officiating. Burial will be in Fairdealing Cemetery.