Margie Cooper

Services will be at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Brooks Chapel in Canyon with Pastor Ty Lovell, Men's Minister at Trinity Fellowship Church, officiating. Burial will be in Dreamland Cemetery. Margie Helen (Bragg) Cooper was born on December 20, 1927 in Goodman, Missouri to Lena Juliet (Rush) Bragg and August Clifton Bragg. She married Richard D. Cooper on September 15, 1945 in Neosho, MO. He preceded her in death on January 30, 1977. She was a resident of Hoisington, KS from 1947 to 2012 and then moved to Canyon. She worked as office manager for Dr. Merle Fieser and Dr. Keith Wolfenbarger for 25 years before retiring in 1995. Margie was known by many as 'Granny'. She enjoyed working in her garden which included various vegetables and flowers. Another of her many gifts was quilting. Each piece was a true work of art. She was a wonderful cook and was especially known for her peanut brittle, carrot cookies and coconut cream pie. She was also preceded in death by five brothers, Leo, Vernon, Raymond, Frank, and Clifton Bragg, and four sisters, Laura Abbott, Betty Burgard, Dorothy Brown, and Joy Crocker. Survivors include three daughters, Linda Diane (Cooper) Beck and husband, Al, of Olathe, KS, Deborah Joan (Cooper) Boxberger and husband, Steve, of Canyon, and Rebecca Leigh (Cooper) Raplinger and husband, Mike, of Arlington; six grandchildren, Kayleen Beck, Kevin Beck and wife, Dawn, Darrah Boxberger, Andra Boxberger, Elizabeth Raplinger, and Mary Katherine Raplinger; three great grandchildren, Jordyn, Austin and Mackenzi Beck; and one brother, Dr. Ron Bragg and wife, Donna, of Carthage, MO. Memorial contributions may be made to Faith Community Church, 293 B W Barton Co. Rd, Great Bend, KS 67530 or KANS for Kids Fighting Cancer Foundation, PO Box 178, Hoisington, KS 67544.