Mary "Kate" Kathleen Cooper

A funeral service, celebrating the life of Mary Kathleen Cooper, 87, of Thornville, will be held on Sunday, July 22, 2012 at 2:00 p.m., in the Thornville home of Hoskinson-Schoedinger Funeral and Cremation Service, with Pastor Doug Lynn, officiating. Burial will follow at the Lutheran Reformed Cemetery in Thornville.Kate was born in Newark, Ohio on November 18, 1924 to late John & Mea (Withrow) Williams. After having graduated from Newark High School, she worked for the gas company before getting married to Thomas Cooper.She was a wonderful mother, who enjoyed taking care of her family. She loved to play euchre with the group in Thornville, loved to read; and as a young women, enjoyed square dancing, were she met Tom.She was a member of the Thornville chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, the Thornville United Methodist Church, the Buckeye Lake Eagles and attended the South Shore Ministries.She is survived by her loving children: Phil (Kathy), Connie Kreager, Mark (Leslie) and Gary (Trenda) all of Thornville. Her grand-children: Heather, Allen, Katherine, Sierra, Sara, Karissa and Logan and four great-grandchildren.In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her late husband, Tom, who died in 2010.The family will receive friends on Saturday, July 21, 2012 from 4 7:00 p.m. at the Thornville home of Hoskinson-Schoedinger Funeral and Cremation Services, located at 56 S. Main Street in Thornville,where an on-line video tribute and guest register is available at: www.hoskinsonfuneral.com.The family prefers that memorial contributions be made to: FairHoPe Hospice, 282 Sells Road, Lancaster, OH 43130.The Hoskinson-Schoedinger Funeral & Cremation Service is honored to care for the Cooper family.