Iroquois-Kankakee County IL Archives Obituaries.....Copas, Paul November 5, 20055
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The Gilman (ILL) Star, Thurs., Nov. 17, 2005 pg 14
The Gilman (ILL) Star
Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005		page 14

SERVICES HELD FOR PAUL COPAS, 79
	
Funeral services were held for Paul Copas,  79, 2005, of Santa Maria, 
California, on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2005, at First United Methodist Church in 
Santa Maria.

Mr. Copas died Saturday, Nov. 5, 2005, at Marian Medical Center in Santa 
Maria, California, following a lengthy illness.  He was born June 4, 1926 in 
Thompkinsville, Kentucky, to Elva and Van Copas.  He married Joyce  Handorf in 
Kankakee on Oct. 10, 1948.  She survives.

	Other survivors include one son, Michael & Mary Copas of Spokane, 
Washington; one daughter Cindy & Michael Spears of Santa Maria, California; 
one sister, Lucille and Ray Herscher of Phoenix, Arizona; two brothers, Harold 
& Peggy Copas of Crescent city, and Karl Copas of Newport Beach, California; 
three grandchildren; six step-grandchildren’ 12 great-grandchildren; and one 
step-great-grandchild.

	Preceding him in death are his parents, an infant son, Richard, and 
one brother, Eugene Copas.

	Mr. Copas graduated from Crescent Iroquois High school.  He attended 
Gallagher School of Business in Kankakee.  He served in the Army in the 
Asiatic theater in Hawaii, following the attack of Pearl Harbor.  He sold 
Watkins Products.  After coming to California he became a precision tool and 
die maker.   He later returned to sales in life insurance, working for Life 
and Casualty of Des Moines, Iowa and Prudential Life and casualty, retiring 
form the Prudential Insurance Company.

	Mr. Copas enjoyed fishing and traveling in his recreational vehicles.  
He visited every state.  Paul was active in the communities where he lived.  
He worked in Organization and extension in the Boy Scouts of America in Los 
Angeles area, later he served as Scout Master in the Lompoc Valley.  He was 
involved in both the Sun Risers Lion Club and the Noontimes Lions Club and the 
Lions Sight Conservation Association.  During his service with the Lions, he 
was president of Sunrisers and received Lion of the Year.  He was an active 
member of the Elks Lodge #1538 in Santa Maria.  He worked with Fish Meals on 
Wheels Program delivering  meals and later became the route coordinator for 
Route 9 in the Orcutt area.  He was an active member of the United Methodist 
Church, serving on various boards.

	Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, 311 S. 
Broadway, Santa Maria, California. 



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