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Submitted: 2/25/16 • Approved: 2/25/16 • Last Updated: 3/26/18 • R788065-G0-S3
Apr 29, 1896 - Mar 29, 1957
Birthel E. Collop, 60, died early this morning in a Kirksville hospital.
Mr. Collop was the son of John and Winifred Brooks Collop and was born in Adair county, on April 29, 1896. He was married to Marie Gordon at Kirksville, on October 26, 1915, and to this marriage six children were born.
He is survived by his wife; two sons, Charles Collop and Richard Collop, both of the family home; four daughters, Mrs. Bernard (Rowena) Rudiger, Dubuque, Ia.; Mrs. John R. (Frances) Stevens, Honolulu, Hawaii; Mrs Rex (Dorothy) Slocum, Norfolk, Va.; and Mrs. C.A. (Winifred) Purgason, West Plains, Mo.; a brother, Homer R. Collop, Kirksville; a sister, Mrs. May Leavitt, Canton, Mo.; and eight grandchildren.
Mr. Collop was preceded in death by his parents.
Mr. Collop was engaged in farming, living northeast of Kirksville.
The body will lie in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home, and Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Kirksville Daily Express
Kirksville, Missouri
March 29, 1957
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Birthel E. Collop Funeral Is Monday
Funeral services for Birthel E. Collop, farmer, who died Friday in a Kirksville hospital, will be held at the Dee Riley Funeral Home Monday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. conducted by Rev. Richard Horton, of Brashear.
Interment will be in the Maple Hills cemetery.
Bearers will be Jake Mulford, Willis Cook, William Fortney, John Winslow, Fred Bartlett and Edgar Gothard.
Kirksville Daily Express
Kirksville, Missouri
March 31, 1957
Parents:
John Andrew Collop (1867 - 1953)
Winifred Brooks Collop (1869 - 1937)
Spouse:
Jennie Marie Gordon Collop (1896 - 1985)
Children:
Rowena Collop Rudiger (1917 - 1998)
Siblings:
Homer R. Collop (1894 - 1959)
Birthel Edward Collop (1896 - 1957)
Alma Mae Collop Leavitt (1899 - 1977)
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