Name of Deceased: F. Robert “Bob” Kopke Age: 89
Date of Death: July 13, 2013
Place of Death: Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend, Kansas
Date of Birth: November 3, 1923 at Great Bend, Kansas
Parents Name: Webster “Web” & Marie (McMurtry) Kopke

OBITUARY INFORMATION

Married Norma Jean Gaunt August 10, 1945, at Great Bend, KS. She survives.
A graduate of the Wisconsin School of Banking, Mr. Kopke was a retired Installment Loan Officer of the Hutchinson National Bank. After retirement, he served as the president of Maize State Bank, Maize, KS, until 1998. He had also worked intermittently for Cook and Weber Funeral Home and Bryant Funeral Home, Great Bend.
Mr. Kopke served in the Army Air Corp 4132nd AAF Base Unit, as a Tech Sergeant B 17 navigator and radio operator during WWII. He was a member of the Elks Club, served on the Board of Boy Scouts of America, Masonic Lodge Exalted Ruler, and was a member of the Chamber of Commerce serving as president in 1963, all of Hutchinson. He loved piloting his airplane, Glenn Miller 40’s music, trout fishing, gourmet cooking, Mayan culture, and his family. He also helped develop the WWII Memorial Museum, Stradbroke, England, and the B-29 Memorial Plaza, Great Bend.

SURVIVORS
Wife: Norma Jean Kopke, of the home
One son: F. Robert “Rob” Kopke, II of Great Bend, KS
One daughter: Pam Tucker of Great Bend, KS

He was preceded in death by his father, Web Kopke, his mother, Marie Strong, and by his sister, Josephine Bushnell.

SERVICE INFORMATION

Graveside Memorial Service: Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Time of Service: 10:00 am
Place of Service: Great Bend Cemetery in Great Bend
Officiant: Rev. John Grummon
No visitation, cremation has taken place

Memorial Fund: American Legion Argonne Post 180, Central Baptist Church, Golden Belt Home Health and Hospice, or the Barton County Food Bank, in care of Bryant Funeral Home

Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net
Arrangements by Bryant Funeral Home 1425 Patton Road Great Bend, Kansas 67530