Alice Joan Kopp

In Memory of Alice Joan Kopp Alice Joan Kopp, 89, of Greenwood, Indiana, passed away Wednesday, March 28th, surrounded by her family and care givers of Aspen Trace Senior Living. Joan was born and raised in Jewett, Ohio. She grew up on a farm where she learned the principles of hard work, sacrifice, and gratefulness. As her family went through the Great Depression together they bonded in a special way. Her three brothers and one sister became very close knit during these difficult years. Joan met her life’s love, Dean Kopp, on a blind date, after he returned from the Navy at the end of World War II. Joan’s best friend, Marguerite, set them up because she was dating (and later married) Dean’s older brother “Bob”. They were married in December 1949. After Dean graduated from college his career took both of them from Ohio, to Michigan, to Kentucky, and then to Indiana. During their time in Ohio and Michigan Joan gave birth to their two sons, Mark and Michael. The family moved to Louisville, KY in the early 60’s and then on to Indianapolis, Indiana in the early 70’s. Joan had a special gift of serving people, and she always put the needs of others above her own. She was kind, thoughtful, and friendly to everyone she met. She came to realize that she was a sinner in need of a savior and trusted Jesus Christ during her adult years. She was a faithful member at Open Door Baptist Church, sacrificing and giving her attention to serving in many areas of that ministry. She was affectionately called “Grandma Kopp” by the families and children in the nursery for the many years she gave of herself as the primary care giver to the infants. Joan loved holidays and she always worked hard to make them very special for her family and friends. She would search for just the right gifts for everyone. Joan also loved her home and neighbors, expressing a unique hospitality to all who came to visit. Some of the happiest memories of her family were a result of the life-time friends they made with their close neighbors. Joan later developed dementia and moved into Aspen Trace Senior Living in Greenwood at about the same time as Dean who was in his latter stages of heart disease. She loved the care givers at Aspen Trace and they loved her back. Joan is preceded in death by her husband Dean, her father, William Myers, her mother, Alice Myers, and her brother, Lawrence Myers. She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Mark and Patti, Utah, and Dr. Michael and Karen, Indiana, her eight grandchildren and their spouses, Jon and Beth, Utah, Jenny and Joey, South Carolina, Joe and Kaytlynn, Utah, Daniel and Sarah (deceased), Idaho, Emily and Mark, Washington, Josh and Bobbi, Utah, Stephen and Jess, Georgia, and David and Kristen, Arizona, and her ten great-grandchildren, Karis, Andrew, Parker, Caleb, Shepherd, Amelia, Emmett, Katelynn, Jacob, and Titus. She is also survived by her brothers and sister, Lemoyne Myers, Ohio, Dale Myers, Ohio, and Ruth Harrington, Ohio, and multiple nephews and nieces and their spouses, and great-nieces and great-nephews. Memorial Service will be held Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. at Open Door Baptist Church, 5360 W. 16th Street, Speedway, IN with receiving of family and friends from 2:30 p.m. until service time. Memorial gifts can be made to the ministries of her grandchildren, Gospel Grace Church, 662 East 1300 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84105 or Kaysville Bible Church, 181 North Flint Street, Kaysville, UT 84037. Arrangements are entrusted to Shirley Brothers Thompson Road Chapel. www.shirleybrothers.com

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Alice Joan Kopp

March 28, 2018