Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameMark Joseph Colopy 
Birth14 Feb 1908, Danville, Harper Co, KS
Census5 Apr 1940, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co, CA
Memoroll#334, pg 2
Death3 Aug 1983, San Jose, Santa Clara Co, CA
BurialSanta Clara Mission Cem, Santa Clara, Santa Clara Co, CA
MemoBlock 12 B, Lot 33K
FatherCharles Wilson Colopy (1880-1952)
MotherJulia Adelaide Blanchat (1883-1946)
Misc. Notes
His SSN was issued in Idaho.
He is listed in Santa Barbara, Calif. in 1940 working as a farm picker (32, KS), with his wife Ruth (29, KS) and children Margaret (8, KS), Patty (4, KS), and Eugene (2, ID). It says they were living in Syracuse, KS in 1935.
4 children - Patty Attanasio (SJ), Darby (deceased), Sonny (maybe nickname for son Mark?), and Donald Lee (16 May 1940 Santa Barbara Co - 30 Mar 1984 Santa Clara Co)
He is listed in Santa Barbara, Calif. in 1940 working as a farm picker (32, KS), with his wife Ruth (29, KS) and children Margaret (8, KS), Patty (4, KS), and Eugene (2, ID). It says they were living in Syracuse, KS in 1935.
4 children - Patty Attanasio (SJ), Darby (deceased), Sonny (maybe nickname for son Mark?), and Donald Lee (16 May 1940 Santa Barbara Co - 30 Mar 1984 Santa Clara Co)
Spouses
Birth8 Nov 1911, Summers, Thomas Co, KS
Death5 Dec 2003, Red Bluff, Tehama Co, CA
BurialSanta Clara Mission Cem, Santa Clara, Santa Clara Co, CA
MemoBlock 77, lot 36-ZD
Misc. Notes
Dau of George C. (1884, KS) and Margaret A. (1894, KS) Kepner.
By 1930 she was working as a cook (18, KS) for the Wingfield family.
She was living with Frank T. Aimonetti (1922-2010) following Mark’s death.
[Obituary] San Jose Mercury News - 9 December 2003
COLOPY, Ruth -- Entered into rest in Red Bluff, Dec. 5, 2003. Beloved companion of Frank Aimonetti for 45 years. Loving wife of the late Mark Colopy for 25 years. Cherished mother of Margaret (deceased), Patty, Joseph, Donald (deceased), Thomas and Suzanne. Dearest grandmother of 16 and great grandmother of 17. Eldest of 11 sisters & brothers, survived by Donna, Dorothy, Delmar and Patty. Age 92. Friends are invited to attend Vigil Services on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003 at 7 p.m. at Lima Family Santa Clara Mortuary. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003 at 10a.m. at the above Mortuary. Interment to follow at SCM.
By 1930 she was working as a cook (18, KS) for the Wingfield family.
She was living with Frank T. Aimonetti (1922-2010) following Mark’s death.
[Obituary] San Jose Mercury News - 9 December 2003
COLOPY, Ruth -- Entered into rest in Red Bluff, Dec. 5, 2003. Beloved companion of Frank Aimonetti for 45 years. Loving wife of the late Mark Colopy for 25 years. Cherished mother of Margaret (deceased), Patty, Joseph, Donald (deceased), Thomas and Suzanne. Dearest grandmother of 16 and great grandmother of 17. Eldest of 11 sisters & brothers, survived by Donna, Dorothy, Delmar and Patty. Age 92. Friends are invited to attend Vigil Services on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003 at 7 p.m. at Lima Family Santa Clara Mortuary. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003 at 10a.m. at the above Mortuary. Interment to follow at SCM.
Marriageabt 1931