| Name |
Margaret Elizabeth DeKoeyer [1] |
| Birth |
30 Aug 1919 |
Netcong, Morris County, New Jersey  [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Witness-Obituary |
19 Nov 1981 |
Cocoa, Florida [2] |
- No services will be held for Jacob DeKoeyer, 83, 135 Beverly St, Titusville.
A retired painter and a Brevard resident for 20 years, Mr DeKoeyer died Thursday at Jess Parrish Memorial Hospital in Titusville.
Survivors include his wife Eugenia DeKoeyer of Titusville; a daughter, Margaret Cooper of Titusville; brothers and sisters, Cornelius DeKoeyer and Merle Tagert of Clearwater and three others living outside the state.
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| Witness-Obituary |
3 May 1983 |
Cocoa, Florida [3] |
- Thomas C Cooper, 24 year Brevard County employee, and deputy clerk of the circuit court for 18 years until his retirement in 1981, died Sunday at Jess Parrish Memorial Hospital in Titusville. He was 63
"His death comes as a shock and loss to our community," said Clerk Ray Winstead Monday.
"I have known Tom for over 30 years. He and I compared fishing stories – the first one to tell his tale didn't stand a chance," Winstead said.
"He was in the clerks office when I took office and helped teach me when I got there. I considered him a dear, close friend," he added.
Mr Cooper was an avid fisherman, said his wife Margaret Cooper, who retired as Titusville's City Clerk at the same time her husband retired. Originally from Midland Township, NJ, the couple moved to their house at 135 Beverly St, in Titusville 28 years ago, she said.
He served for six years in the Brevard County Tax Assessor's office prior to becoming deputy clerk, was past exalted ruler of the Cocoa Elks Lodge and the Titusville lodge's charter exalted ruler.
As an active co-pilot of the Titusville Pilot Club, Mr Cooper cooked for a recent fund raising dinner, although he had suffered from a fast growing lung tumor since December.
An Elks service is scheduled for Wednesday at the Brevard County Funeral Home North in Titusville.
Mr Cooper is survived by his wife; a son Gary Jay Cooper of Port St John; a daughter, Jean Rhodes of Titusville; brother, Robert Cooper of Palm Beach Gardens; sister, Margaret Kimrey of Cocoa; and two grandchildren.
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| Witness-Obituary |
8 Jan 1986 |
Orlando, Florida [4] |
- Eugenia Evelyn DeKoyer, 88, 1706 Jess Parrish Court, Titusville, died Monday. Born in New Jersey, she moved to Titusville from there in 1961. She was a homemaker. Survivors: daughter Margaret Cooper, Titusville; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren. Brevard Funeral Home North, Titusville
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| Death |
31 May 1997 |
Marine Health, Titusville, Brevard County, Florida [5, 6] |
| Obituary |
1 Jun 1997 |
Cocoa, Florida [6] |
- Retired City Clerk Margaret Cooper died Saturday, May 31 at Marine Health of Titusville. She was 77.
Mrs Cooper was born in Netcong, NJ, she moved to Brevard County in 1945 from New Jersey.
She worked for the city from 1955 until 1981 and was appointed Titusville's first city clerk in October 1963.
"I think she went about doing her job and it evolved, things fell into place" her daughter, Jean Rhodes of Titusville said. "She really loved the city. She felt a lot of responsibility and pleasure from helping the people of Titusville."
Mrs Cooper was a member of the Indian River City United Methodist Church in Titusville, the Titusville Pilot Club, Titusville Women's Club, Pythian Sisters Club of Titusville, the Silver Haired Legislature, and the Florida Association of City Clerks
She was a member and first female president of the Florida Charter of Municipal Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada. She was a charter member of the Florida Association of Assessing Officers, and was listed in the 1968 edition of Who's Who of American Women.
After retiring in 1981, Mrs Cooper served on the Planning and Zoning Board of Titusville in 1985. She spent her retirement volunteering and painting.
"She was a wonderful lady and good friend," Mrs Rhodes said. "Her friends would always describe her as a real lady. She was a quiet person bu still had that tough side to her when she needed it."
Other survivors include her son Gary Cooper of Port St John; and two grandchildren, Gina Auer-Rhodes and Jack Rhodes.
Calling hours will be from 5 to 7 pm Monday at North Brevard Funeral Home in Titusville, with services following.
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| Reference Number |
40296 |
| Person ID |
I40031 |
Maybee Society |
| Last Modified |
7 Apr 2024 |
1919 - 1997 (77 years)
