{"id":14913,"date":"2025-07-28T16:57:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T21:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=14913"},"modified":"2025-07-29T16:19:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T21:19:01","slug":"marilynn-joyce-copper-85-of-newton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/14913-marilynn-joyce-copper-85-of-newton\/","title":{"rendered":"Marilynn Joyce Copper (85) of Newton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marilynn Joyce Copper, age 85, of Newton, Illinois, passed away at 2:54 PM \u2013 Saturday, July 26, 2025, at her home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Graveside service will be held at 2:00 PM \u2013 Thursday, July 31, 2025, at the Walnut Prairie Cemetery east of West Union, Illinois.\u00a0 In loving memory of Marilynn, memorials may be made to the Newton Public Library, 100 South Van Buren Street Newton, Illinois 62448.\u00a0 The obituary can be viewed and condolences left at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meyerfh.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.meyerfh.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1753909733120000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2wuQ1FY3yyIFXCJ4zJdoxb\">www.meyerfh.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marilynn was born March 5, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Joseph and Elsie (Chrt) Reiter.\u00a0 Marilynn was raised in Morton Grove, Illinois and was blessed with many wonderful and amusing aunts, uncles, and cousins.\u00a0 She spent her childhood outside in gardens and fields.\u00a0 She ice-skated, climbed trees, mowed the lawn with a heavy reel mower, and walked to school uphill both ways (actually true).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marilynn married Robert \u201cBob\u201d Copper and he proceeded her in death on December 11, 2013.\u00a0 Marilynn owned the Trim and Tone and Copper\u2019s Hunting Supply for many years.\u00a0 She was an avid reader and made countless trips to Newton\u2019s library.\u00a0 Marilynn loved her grandchildren and was willing to play a million games of \u201cSorry\u201d, \u201cSkip-Bo\u201d, dominoes, and poker (chips only).<br \/>\nMarilynn loved to travel and was always ready for a family vacation or a road trip with her daughter as copilot.\u00a0 She couldn\u2019t read a map but remembered every turn.\u00a0 She was full of laughter and if she was late to a gathering there was always a chorus of \u201cwhere\u2019s Nana?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marilynn loved to fish and was excited for every tiny bluegill her grandchildren caught.\u00a0 She taught many of us how to row a boat, a skill she learned rowing for her father while they fished.\u00a0 She was the official worrier and prayed for her family without ceasing.\u00a0 We love you and miss you Nana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marilynn is survived by:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Children- Kenneth (Marty) Copper of Brazil, Indiana; Kimberly (Kenneth) Milam of Willow Hill, Illinois; and Kelly Copper of Mattoon, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p>Grandchildren- Kristin (Dave), Elisha (Amy), Joseph (Morgan), Meghan (Brent), Tony (Kendi), Zach (Ellie), Jackson (Reagan), Sam (Sydnee), Taylor (Dakota), Jake (Meredith), and Chase.<\/p>\n<p>Great grandchildren-Gage, Chloe, Lennon, Gunner, Jude, Indiana, Paislee, Lilly, Emersyn, Kohen, Mason, Noelle, Logan, Luke, Owen, Sam, Camdon, Ava, Rosie, Ava, and Jackson.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marilynn was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marilynn died the afternoon of Saturday, July 26<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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