Kopsa, Amelia 'Amy' Margaret

Funeral services for Amelia “Amy” Margaret Kopsa, 90, of Tipton, who died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, at Cedar Manor Nursing Home, will be held Friday, Feb. 17, at 11 a.m. at First United Church of Christ, Tipton. Casket will be open one hour before the service. Pastor David Lorenzen will be officiating. Visitation will be held Thursday, Feb. 16, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton. Burial will be in the Tipton Masonic Cemetery.

Amy was born Oct. 26, 1921, the daughter of the Rev. Irwin F. and Zeta Vernon Hayenga, in Minto, N.D. She was a 1940 graduate of Shellsberg High School and a 1945 graduate of Grant Hospital School of Nursing. On Sept. 24, 1945, Amy was united in marriage to Walter John Kopsa in George, Iowa. She was a founding member and president of Tipton Meals on Wheels, served on the Certified Review Committee of Cedar County Care Facility, member of Searchlight, Athenaeum, Tipton Women's Club, United Church of Christ's Women's Fellowship, and Child Conservation League, and founding member of Share.

Amy enjoyed house boating, winters in Texas, traveling, reading, and playing Bridge. She was a devoted RN, housewife and mother.

Amy is loved and survived by her husband, Dr. Walter John Kopsa of Tipton; daughters, Zeta Ann (Kent) Creed of Highland Ranch, Colo., and Alicia Mary Kopsa and husband William Carley of Littleton, Colo.; sons, Walter John (Jane) Kopsa Jr. of Iowa City and Joseph Erwin Kopsa of Baton Rouge, La.; and grandchildren, David Kopsa and Amelia, Elloise, Mitchell and Angela Carley.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Ralph and wife Betty; sister, Winona; daughter-in-law, Carol Kopsa; and foreign exchange student, Hans Heinrichs.

Online condolences and photos may be shared at www.fryfuneralhome.com.

A memorial has been established for the Tipton Public Library and First United Church of Christ in her memory.

Published Feb. 13, 2012 in The Gazette