The Rochester Sentinel 1996 - Fulton County Public Library

Nora R. Cooper
Oct. 10, 1900 - Jan. 7, 1996
Nora R. COOPER, 95, Ossian, died at 4 a.m. Sunday at Ossian Healthcare Center, where
she had een a resident since 1988.
She was born in Plymouth to George and Mary FELTON ZIMMER. On Jan. 24, 1923,
in Plymouth, she married Lester COOPER, who died on Dec. 9, 1981. She moved to Fort Wayne
n 1982 ad was a former resident of Richland Center. She farmed with her husband for many
years.
Surviving are two sons, Raymond L. and wife Anita L. COOPER, Phoenix, Ariz.; and
Lyman O. and wife Janet E. COOPER, Fort Wayne; four grandchildren, Mrs. Melinda A
STRONG, Fort Wayne; Mrs. Karen L. HULL and Douglas R. COOPER, both of Phoenix, Ariz.;
and Brian L. COOPER, Mesa, Ariz.; and five great-grandchildren. Preceding in death were six
brothers.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Zimmerman Family Funeral Home, Rochester,
with the Rev. Rodney WILLEKE officiating. Burial will be in the Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday and after 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Olive V. Quimby
July 31, 1909 - Jan. 7, 1996
Olive Violet QUIMBY, 86, formerly of 9740 15th Road, Argos, died at 5: a.m. Sunday at
Miller’s Merry Manor Nursing Home, Plymouth, where she had resided for the past 15 years.
She was born in Argos to William and Lenora LOCKWOOD CROW. On March 15,
1930, in Mishawaka, she married Ernest QUIMBY, who prceded her in death. She was a
homemaker ad lived most of her life in the Argos community, except for two years in Mishawaka.
She attended the Church of Jesus Christ, Argos, and was a member of the Mxinkuckee Rebekah
Lodge No 844
Surviving are two sons, Ernest L. and wife Margurite QUIMBY, Rochester; and Larry L.
QUIMBY, Argos; twelve gradchildren; twenty-four great-grandchildren; and one brother, Wayne
and wife Helen CROW, Argos. Preceding in death were one grandson, Keneth A. HINTON; three
sisters, Mamie [CROW], Jewel BRYAN and Cornelia OVERMYER; and two brothers, Lewis and
Floyd CROW.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m Wednesday at Grossman Funeral Home, Argos, with the
Rev. Lloyd HOWARD officiating Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetry, Argos. Friends
may call from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home The Maxinkuckee Rebekah
Lodge No. 844 will conduct a memorial service at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.