Tipp City Herald

March 17, 1999

COPELAND, PAUL A. - Services for Paul A. Copeland, 68, of Spring Valley, brother of Dean Copeland of Tipp City, were conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the McColaugh Funeral Home, Xenia.  Mr. Copeland, a Dayton Tire and Rubber retiree, died March 12 at Greene Memorial Hospital following a brief illness.  He was a U.S. Army South Pacific Theatre veteran of the Korean Conflict.  He is survived by his wife, Ruth (Talbott) Copeland; a daughter, Mrs. Neil Wolfe (Teresa) of Xenia; one son, Steve Copeland of Fairborn; step-children, Tracy Bradley of Xenia and Tim Grooms of Bellbrook; two granddaughters, three step-grandsons; three step-granddaughters; the brother in Tipp City and two other brothers, Don Copeland and Ken Copeland, both of Dayton; two sisters, Eskie Hart of Okeana and Norma Smith of Adams County, Ohio; and a number of nieces and nephews.  He was preceded in death by his first wife, Dorothy Joan (Nunley) Copeland, June 16, 1994; his parents, Asa Odean and Gay (Rodrick) Copeland; four brothers and two sisters.  Memorial contributions may be made to the Spring Valley Township Fire Department. 

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