The funeral of Mrs. Mary Irene Cope of Grafton was conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday at Gubser Funeral Home by the Rev. Robert Patterson. Burial was in Scenic Hill Cemetery.
She died unexpectedly at 12:35 p.m. Dec. 18 at the Jerseyville Care Center where she had been a short time.
She was born Oct. 10, 1902, in Calhoun County, a daughter of Jesse and Myrtle Shannon Foval. Mrs. Cope was a past matron of Chapter 318 Grafton Order of Eastern Star where she was a 50-year member.
She was survived by a daughter, Dorothy Bell of Fairview Heights; one son, Loren Russell Cope of St. Louis and a brother Russell Foval of Decatur; eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren.
Her husband, Clinton Cope, and one brother preceded her in death.
Eastern Star services were conducted Wednesday evening at the funeral home.
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