Margaret E. Cooper

Margaret Ellen (Hayes) Cooper, 90, of Edna, passed away at 2:55 p.m., Thursday, January 3, 2013, at the Windsor Place Nursing Home in Coffeyville where she had been a resident since August 9, 2000. She was born September 14, 1922, to Frank and Mabel (Goodwin) Hayes at the family farm near Edna, Kansas. She attended Edna Grade School and graduated in May of 1940 from Edna High School. She had always planned to teach elementary school and taught for a time at Hawkins School in 1943 and later at Edna, Valeda and Chetopa schools. On July 28th 1948, she was united in marriage to Samuel Fred Cooper. Following marriage, they lived and farmed south of Edna, Kansas. In 1960, she began teaching for USD 506 schools as a special reading teacher. She traveled to numerous schools including Ellis, Fairview, Bartlett, Meadow View and Altamont. She received her Master's of Teaching degree in the late 1970's. In 1987, she retired from teaching to care for her husband during ill health. He passed away November 3, 1994. She had been an active member of the First Baptist Church in Edna throughout most of her life where she had served as Sunday School superintendent for many years. She had also taken many a child to Sunday School and Vacation Bible School over the years. SURVIVORS: Two Sons: Dwight Cooper and his wife, Brenda - rural Edna, Kansas; Kent Cooper and his wife, Deb - rural Edna, Kansas; Three Granddaughters: Abbie Stratton and her husband, Adam; Kylie Ludwig and her husband, Jared; Kasie Settle and her husband, Lewis; Three Great-grandsons: Cooper Stratton, Colton Ludwig and Jax Ludwig; Numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by a sister, Martha Cooper. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, January 7, 2013, at the First Baptist Church in Edna. Burial will follow at the North Edna Cemetery. Friends may call at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Altamont from 1:00 – 8:00 p.m., Sunday, to sign the register. The casket will remain closed. Memorials are suggested to the First Baptist Church of Edna. These may be left at or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 325, Altamont, KS 67330. Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Margaret E. Cooper, please visit our flower store.