Robert "Cope" Coplen
June 18, 1928-March 28, 1996
Services for Robert A. ''Cope'' Coplen, 67, of 1441 Oak Sauk Trail, who died at 8:55 p.m. Thursday, March 28, 1996, in his home after an illness, will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Halbritter Funeral Home. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Michigan Heart Association or Hospice at Home.
Mr. Coplen retired from Marathon Oil Co. He was born June 18, 1928, in Argos and moved here in 1946 from Mishawaka. He married Mary Lee Marlin. She survives with a daughter, Lettie Ann Marquis of Niles; two sons, Pat of Niles and Michael of South Bend; three grandsons, two step-grandchildren; a stepsister, Janet Weisenberger of Vincennes, Ind.; and a stepbrother, John Nihiser of Houston. He was a member of St. Joseph Valley Lodge 4 F & AM, Shrine Club and Scottish Rite, BPO of Niles, Elks Lodge 1322, American Legion, American Veterans and Niles Fraternal Order of Police. He was a World War II Navy veteran.