This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cooper Bohnsack Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Yl.2ADE/2340 Message Board Post: Arabella was the dau of John and Rowena (Lair) Cooper -------------- clipping from unidentified newspaper July 20, 1941 MRS. ARABELLA BOHNSACK Mrs. Arabella Bohnsack, 72, 1106 East Garfield St., resident of Davenport six years, died at 8 a.m. Saturday in Mercy hospital following a short illness. A daughter of John and Rowena Cooper, she was born Aug. 27, 1868, in Blue Grass, and was educated in schools in Muscatine County. On Sept. 27, 1888, she was married in Blue Grass to Henry Bohnsack. The couple farmed near Montpelier six years and then moved to Stockton where they continued farming until Mr. Bohnsack's death Oct. 2, 1933. His wife came to Davenport in 1935. Of Baptist faith, Mrs. Bohnsack is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Ed Burmeister, and the Misses Viola and Hazel Bohnsack, all of Davenport; a son, Harry P. of Walcott; a sister, Mrs. William Eis, Montpelier; three brothers, V.A. Cooper, Davenport; J.P. Cooper, Blue Grass, and Charles Cooper, residing in Idaho; 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren. A daughter, Mrs. Ethel Hintze, died three years ago. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday in the Hill & Frederick chapel. Burial will be in the Blue Grass cemetery. THE BOHNSACK FUNERAL Funeral services for Mrs. Arabella Bohnsack, 1106 East Garfield street, who died Saturday, were held at 3 p.m. Monday in the Hill & Frederick chapel in charge of the Rev. F.G. Codd. Louis Koenigsacher sang two hymns and burial was in the Blue Grass Cemetery. Bearers were Ed Fabricius, Carl Borchers, Arlen Moeller, William Heidt, Lester Jurgens and Ray Arp.