Cooprider, Donald E. (1926-2006)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 Oct 2 p. 8

Birth date: 1926 Feb 3

text of obituary:

DONALD E. COOPRIDER

Donald E. Cooprider, 80, of Hesston, Kan., died Sept. 18, 2006. He was born Feb. 3, 1926, to Irl and Lizzie (Zimmerman) Cooprider in Newton.

He grew up on a farm near Hesston. He accepted Christ as his Savior and was baptized on Oct. 20, 1939, at Hesston Mennonite Church. He was deferred on the farm during World War II.

In October 1949 he volunteered to serve at Mennonite Central Committee headquarters in Akron, Pa., where he was an accountant in the business office. There he met Lena Slagell. They were married on May 31, 1952, in Hydro, Okla.

He was an accountant, a member of Hesston Mennonite Church, and treasurer of South Central Mennonite Conference for 14 years. His grandchildren were special to him, and he was pleased to participate in four of their baptismal services.

Survivors include a son, Philip Cooprider and his wife, Phyllis, of Vancouver, Wash.; two daughters, Claudia Nathe of Apopka, Fla., and Catherine Ediger and her husband, Roger, of Enid, Okla.; and seven grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Lena, in 1984; and by two infant sisters. Memorial services were held at Hesston Mennonite Church. Burial was in Eastlawn Cemetery in Hesston.