Obituary of Alberta H. Coopey

Alberta H. Coopey, age 90, of Ellen Memorial Health Care Center, Honesdale, died Friday, January 9, 2009, at Ellen Memorial Health Care Center. Born May 13, 1918, in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late William M. and Florence (Warren) Hammond. She was a graduate of Bryn Mawr College. Her husband of 21 years, Charles F. Coopey, died in 1999. A Hawley resident for most of her life, she was retired as an accountant for Brookside Lumber, Hawley, and later Narrowsburg Lumber. She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law: Dana and Ted Strohl of East Stroudsburg and Daryl and Jerry Ciccone of Honesdale, a son: Carl Engvaldsen of Scranton, a sister and brother-in-law: Wilma & Frank O'Brien of Phoenix, AZ, eight grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a brother, Gilford Hammond, and a granddaughter, Melissa Engvaldsen. Calling hours will be Monday, Jan. 12, from 7 to 9 PM at Teeters' East Chapel, 505 Church St, Hawley, PA. The funeral will be Tuesday, Jan. 13, at 11:00 AM at the funeral home with Rev. John W. Harding, Pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Stroudsburg, officiating. Cremation will be at Lake Region Crematory, Lake Ariel. Memorials may be made to donor's favorite charity