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Helen E. Bopp

Born: June 14, 1920
Passed: January 3, 2014
Funeral Home: Ralph J Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home
Helen E. Bopp ALEDO, Illinois -- Helen E. Bopp, 93 of Aledo, died on Friday, January 3, 2014, at Genesis Senior Living, Aledo. Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 7, 2014, St. Catherine's Catholic Church, Aledo. Burial will take place in Aledo Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 until 7 p.m. on Monday, January 6, 2014, at Speer Funeral Home, where a Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Aledo American Legion or the Mercer County Historical Society. Helen was born on June 14, 1920, in Eliza Township, the daughter of Joseph and Rachel Lingafelter Garmer. Celebrating her birthday on Flag Day was very important to Helen and she held the American Flag in highest regard. She married Francis Bopp on June 28, 1938, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Keithsburg. He preceded her in death on September 23, 1996. Helen was a dedicated school bus driver for Headley Bus Service, retiring in 1989 after 21 years of service. She also helped Francis on the family farm in Mercer Township. Helen was a member of the Mercer County Prime Timers (Farm Bureau); was the first Senior Regent of the Aledo Moose Lodge; past president of the Eliza Ameri...[more]

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Legion Auxiliary; member of the 8 and 40 of Milan, a lifetime member of the Essley-Noble Museum in Aledo, and at longtime member of the Aledo Support Group. Helen is survived by her children and spouses: Linda and Gail Morrow and Lois and John Retherford, all of Joy, and Lynn and Mary Bopp of Estes Park, Colorado; grandchildren, Elizabeth and Sam Patterson, Joseph and Amy Morrow, Melinda and Josh Galbreath, Amanda and Will Heinrichs, and Andrew and Eric Retherford; five great-grandchildren; three step-great-grandchildren, and one step-great-great-grandchild; and a brother and sister-in-law, Alan and Shirley Garmer of Miller, Missouri. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a brother, Joseph Leslie Garmer; and a granddaughter, Tamara Sue Morrow.

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Muscatine, IA 52761
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