OBIT: Vera Mae (BURKET) SCHOPP, 2004, Tyrone, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Sharon Miller Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _______________________________________________ VERA MAE SCHOPP Mrs. Vera Mae Schopp, 84, of 727 W. 16th Street, Tyrone died at 11:55 a.m., Friday, June 11, 2004 at Epworth Manor. She was born February 10, 1920 in Altoona, a daughter of Walter J. and Ethel (Packer) Burket. She was married March 25, 1939 to Leo L. Schopp, recently celebrating 65 years of marriage. She is survived by her husband, two daughters and two sons: Judith Ann Schopp, Tyrone; Noreen Lisa Leeper and husband James, Tyrone; David Allen Schopp and wife Levoy, Tyrone and James W. Schopp and wife Shelby of Huntingdon. Six grandchildren: David L. Schopp, Denise A. Sprankle, James W. Schopp, Eric Mannino, Sarah Leeper and Elizabeth Leeper. Also, eight great grandchildren, one sister and three brothers: Eleanor L. Berkstresser Clark and Wallace Arthur Burkett, both of Tyrone. Also, Chalmer Owen Burket, Tacoma, WA and Alton Leslie Burket of Lancaster. She was preceded in death by sisters, Sarah Jane McEwen and Verna Jean Langenbacher and a brother, Ray Stanley Burket. She was a member of the Tyrone Church of the Good Shepherd and was a graduate of Tyrone High School in 1937. She was a homemaker, enjoyed her family, sewing and cooking. Funeral services will be held Monday, June 14, 2004 at 2 p.m. at the Derman Funeral Home, Inc., Tyrone, with Reverend Norman E. Huff officiating. Interment will be at Burket Cemetery, R.D., Warriors Mark. Friends will be received at the funeral home one hour before the services on Monday. Contributions in her memory may be made to Epworth Manor, 951 Washington Ave., Tyrone, PA 16686. Tyrone Daily Herald, June 14, 2004