Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
NameMary Elizabeth KOPPEN 
470, Mary Elizabeth Koppen Whitesell
470, Mary Elizabeth Koppen WhitesellBirthFeb 15, 1916470, Mary Elizabeth Koppen Whitesell
DeathDec 9, 2011470, Mary Elizabeth Koppen Whitesell
BurialResurrection Cemetery, 5001 NE Cookingham Drive, Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri470, Mary Elizabeth Koppen Whitesell
Spouses
BirthJun 4, 1927, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri470, Frances Michael “Frank” Whitesell
DeathJan 9, 2020470, Frances Michael “Frank” Whitesell
BurialResurrection Cemetery, 5001 NE Cookingham Drive, Kansas City, Clay County, Missouri470, Frances Michael “Frank” Whitesell
FatherDavid Earl WHITESELL (1900-1968)
MotherEmma Gertrude DERKS (1900-1975)
ChildrenMary Charlotte
Obituary Online notes for Mary Elizabeth KOPPEN
Mary Elizabeth Koppen Whitesell, 95, of Kansas City North, passed away on December 9, 2011, at home with her family.
Mrs. Whitesell grew up in St. Joseph, Mo., where she graduated from St. Joseph Junior College. She worked for the Internal Revenue Service for 31 years, initially as a clerical supervisor in St. Louis, Mo., and later as an auditor in Kansas City, Mo. After her retirement, she worked as a sales clerk for Macy's and later Dillard's at the Antioch Mall. She was a member of the Oblates of Conception Abbey and the Alter Society of St. Gabriel's parish in Kansas City North.
Mrs. Whitesell is survived by her husband, Frank M. Whitesell; daughter, Mary Charlotte Doyle; three grandchildren, Elizabeth Johannah Doyle, Joseph Leo Doyle and John Francis Doyle; three sisters Harriet Koppen Brown, Judith Koppen Whalen, Carol Antonia Koppen, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Johannah Draut Koppen; father, Harry Theodore Koppen ; brother, William Anthony Koppen and sister, Charlotte Jane Koppen.
A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Gabriel's Parish with visitation and the rosary at 9 a.m. Interment will follow at the Resurrection Cemetery in Kansas City. The family suggests memorial gifts to Northcare Hospice and Palliative Care, 2900 Clay Edwards Drive, North Kansas City, 64116; or the St. Gabriel's Parish building fund drive, 4737 N. Cleveland, Kansas City, Mo. 64117, (www.mcgilleyantiochchapel.com) McGilley Antioch Chapel, 3325 NE Vivion Rd, Kansas city, MO 64119, 816-453-7700
Published in Kansas City Star from December 11 to December 13, 2011 470, Mary Elizabeth Koppen Whitesell
Mrs. Whitesell grew up in St. Joseph, Mo., where she graduated from St. Joseph Junior College. She worked for the Internal Revenue Service for 31 years, initially as a clerical supervisor in St. Louis, Mo., and later as an auditor in Kansas City, Mo. After her retirement, she worked as a sales clerk for Macy's and later Dillard's at the Antioch Mall. She was a member of the Oblates of Conception Abbey and the Alter Society of St. Gabriel's parish in Kansas City North.
Mrs. Whitesell is survived by her husband, Frank M. Whitesell; daughter, Mary Charlotte Doyle; three grandchildren, Elizabeth Johannah Doyle, Joseph Leo Doyle and John Francis Doyle; three sisters Harriet Koppen Brown, Judith Koppen Whalen, Carol Antonia Koppen, and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Johannah Draut Koppen; father, Harry Theodore Koppen ; brother, William Anthony Koppen and sister, Charlotte Jane Koppen.
A funeral mass will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Gabriel's Parish with visitation and the rosary at 9 a.m. Interment will follow at the Resurrection Cemetery in Kansas City. The family suggests memorial gifts to Northcare Hospice and Palliative Care, 2900 Clay Edwards Drive, North Kansas City, 64116; or the St. Gabriel's Parish building fund drive, 4737 N. Cleveland, Kansas City, Mo. 64117, (www.mcgilleyantiochchapel.com) McGilley Antioch Chapel, 3325 NE Vivion Rd, Kansas city, MO 64119, 816-453-7700
Published in Kansas City Star from December 11 to December 13, 2011 470, Mary Elizabeth Koppen Whitesell