This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: COPPER, PACK, ROBY, SCHEER, KIRBY, WHITLOW Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nZB.2ACE/222 Message Board Post: The Hood River News, Hood River, OR., February 7, 2001, page A6 Includes portrait DONALD COPPER Donald Everly Copper, born June 28, 1928 in Hood River to Robert A. and Catherine S. Copper, died Sunday, Feb. 4 at home of natural causes. A graduate of Hood River High School and Oregon State Universi-ty, he was a Diamond Fruit Grower since 1955. He participated in many community development activities, but is best remembered for his service as a Westside fireman and board member, and an avid Bridge buff. Don is survived by his wife Jenny, and five children: Tim (Mary Beth) Copper Of Battle Ground, Wash; Penny (Jim) Pack of Park City, Utah; Candy (Doug) Roby of Tualatin: Daniel Copper of American Fork, Utah; Jon (Leslie) Copper of Hood River, and Barry Scheer of Hood River. He is also survived by 20 grand-children, one great-grandchild, sister Ann Kirby and her husband, Butch, of Hood River, brother Robert Copper and his wife, Susan, of The Dalles, and sister Cathy Whitlow and her husband, Leonard, of Portland. A celebration of his life will be held Thursday, Feb. 8 at 3 p.m. at the Westside Fire Hall, Rockford station, on Barrett Drive. In lieu of flowers, memorial remembrances may be sent to the Hood River Grower-Shippers Scholarship Fund, c/o Anderson Funeral Home, 1401, Belmont, Hood River, OR 97031. This was posted for reference only. If you have additional information about the family or event listed above, please post it as a reply to this message.