Bertha F. Kopczynski, 82
   Bertha F. Kopczynski, 82, of Cottonwood died Nov. 11, 2005, in an automobile accident near Winchester.
   She was the seventh child born Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 30, 1922, in Greencreek, Ill., to Henry and Catherine Schmidt Hoene. She attended elementary school in Greencreek and helped her mother manage the family farm during the depression. Bertha and her mother traveled to Idaho in 1944 to visit Hoene relatives. It was at that time that she met her future husband, Stanley. They fell in love, corresponded through the mail for months, and were married on Oct. 30, 1945. in Greencreek, Ill. She adjusted to married life in Idaho and began a long career in homemaking and motherhood. She raised 10 children while being active in her church and community. She was a lifelong communicant of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Cottonwood.

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