Bennie Koop
Bennie Ko0p, 82, Hillsboro, died Aug. 16, 2005, at Hillsboro Community Medical Center.
Born Feb. 22, 1923, in Hillsboro, he was the son of Peter J. and Anna (Funk) Koop. On June 10, 1951, he married Irma Ratzlaff at Balko, Okla.
He was a member of Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church and a farmer and stockman.
Survivors include wife, Irma Koop of Hillsboro; sons, Kim and wife Kathy of Hillsboro and Dale and wife Mona of Abilene; daughter, Brenda and husband Leonard Coryea of Hillsboro; brother, Wallace Koop of Shafter, Calif.; sisters, Helen Loewen and Edna Suderman of Hillsboro and Lorna Gerbrandt of Sacramento, Calif.; and nine grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Mennonite Church in Hillsboro with Pastor Dave Plett officiating. Burial will be at 10 a.m. at Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Cemetery.
The family will receive guests from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Jost Funeral Home in Hillsboro.
Memorial funds have been established with Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church building fund or Parkside Homes.
