Carolyn Kopp

BUDA — Carolyn Ann Kopp, 81, of Buda died at 9:07 a.m. Wednesday, July 6, 2016, at Good Samaritan Society Nursing Home in Geneseo.

Born Dec. 8, 1934, in Neponset to Morris and Emma (Tillie) VanDeGenachte, she married: Francis W. Kopp in Kewanee on Nov. 7, 1953. He survives.

Other survivors include two daughters, Deborah Weber of Springfield, and Sandra VanderMeersch of Springfield; one son, Jerald (Jennifer) Kopp of Buda; four grandchildren, Tyler and Travis VanderMeersch, Justin and Julia Kopp; one great-granddaughter, Ariya VanderMeersch; and one brother, Gerald (Sandra) VanDeGenachte of Princeton.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

She graduated from Buda High School in 1953. She was employed at A.S.C.S. in Princeton, J.B. Rombach in Neponset, and Casey's in Buda. She was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, American Legion Auxiliary 261, Altar and Rosary Society of St. Patrick's Catholic Church, and Red Hat Society. She was a former member of the Buda
Macon Club, Spoon River Club, Women's Club, Perry Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and Home Extension in Buda.

Memorials may be made to the Buda Rescue Squad, American Diabetes Association, American Kidney Association or Friends of Strays.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Grant-Johnson Funeral Home, Princeton. A rosary service will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Services will be at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Sheffield at 10 a.m. Mass Monday, July 11, Father Mark Miller officiating. Burial will be in St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery, Sheffield.

Pallbearers will be Kevin Olinger, Jason Olinger, Tyler VanderMeersch, Travis VanderMeersch, Dennis Vandermeersch, and Ron Hanley. Honorary pallbearers will be Neal Olinger, Dean Barnett, and Ron Prather.

Online condolences may be left at www.grant-johnsonfh.com.