Imogene C. Copper was our beloved, Mother, Grandma and Great Grandma. She was born at home in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on February 28, 1920 to Robert Marion Shifley and Mary Grace Price Shifley and passed on to Glory in Richland, Washington on November 16, 2010. She served her Lord and Savior faithfully as a pastor's wife, Sunday School, Vacation Bible School and Missions teacher as long as she was physically able.

Imogene was preceded in death and by her parents, three sisters and three brothers, and her husband Charles A. Bub Copper in 1987 after 50 years of marriage. They spent the most part of their married life in Gary, Indiana where they raised their three children. They retired to Orlando, Florida in 1975 until his death. At that time she moved to Daytona Beach to be near her oldest son. In 2003 she moved to Washington to live near her daughter.

Imogene is survived by her loving children, Charles A. Mae Copper, Jr of Spruce Pine, NC; James Robert Pat Copper of Atlanta, GA; and Gracie A. Richard Downard of Richland; nine grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews throughout the United States.

A memorial Service will be held at the Richland Baptist Church, Saturday, November 20, 2010 at 1:00pm with graveside services in Orlando, Florida at a later date.

We would like to give a special thanks to Rosetta Assisted Living in Richland, WA and their incredible caring staff for the loving care they faithfully gave our Mom for the past four years. You are truly amazing. She will be missed dearly by all who knew and loved her.