Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cotter, Irene Neprash, 2003 

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IRENE NEPRASH COTTER 

  WAKEFIELD - Irene Neprash Cotter of Wakefield passed away on Jan. 11, at 
Tandem Health Care of Windsor following a long illness.

  Mrs. Cotter was born on June 24, 1918, to Ivan V. and Margaret Isaak 
Neprash, who fled Russia because of Christian persecution.  She graduated 
from Pierce College in Philadelphia and then entered Columbia International 
University graduating with a B.A. in Teaching and Biblical Education in 1942. 
Married to Douglas M. Cotter upon graduation, she worked at Eastern Baptist 
Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and supported her husband’s ministry at 
Columbus Quarter Baptist Church in New York, North Wales Baptist Church in 
Pennsylvania, Wakefield Baptist Church in Virginia, Manoa Baptist Church of 
Pennsylvania, Pedricktown Baptist Church in New Jersey and Crystal Hill 
Baptist in Virginia.  She and her husband retired in Wakefield where Mrs. 
Cotter was employed at the Southeast 4-H Education Center until she was 80.

  She is survived by Douglas, her husband of over 60 years, two sons, nine 
grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and her brother.

  In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Columbia Bible College, c/o 
P.O. Box 567, Wakefield Baptist Church.

  A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 13, at Wakefield 
Baptist Church.

  Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, is in charge of the arrangement.


Irene (NEPRASH; Mrs. Douglas M.) COTTER, 
retired from Southeast 4-H Education Center, 
b. 24 Jun 1918, Russia, d. 11 Jan 2003, Windsor, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 13 Jan 2003, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Jan. 12, 2003, p. 27 

*Wakefield list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Daily Press," Feb. 8, 2006, C-6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/c360d1ob.txt 


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