Mathilda Gratz

1923 - 2017  (93 years)

• Name	Mathilda Gratz
  Nickname	Tillie
  Born	16 Oct 1923	Morton County, North Dakota, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	10 Feb 2017	Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA
  Buried	16 Feb 2017	North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I341954	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	Joseph Gratz,   b. 14 Mar 1879, Landau, Odessa, Ukrayina ,   d. 21 Apr 1934, North Dakota, USA  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Wilhelmina Böhm
  Family ID	F114740	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Peter F. Kopp,   b. 29 May 1920,   d. 25 Mar 2011, Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, USA  (Age 90 years)
  Married	11 Jun 1945	Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA
  Children	1. Kopp   2. Kopp   3. Kopp   4. Kopp   5. Kopp
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F114741	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S927] Obituary. Tillie M. Kopp, 93, Mandan, passed away February 10, 2017 at Baptist Home in Bismarck. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, February 16, 2017 at Weigel Funeral Home, Mandan, ND with Deacon Steve Brannon Officiating. Burial will be at North Dakota Veterans Cemetery. Visitation will be held Wednesday, February 15, 2017 from 5:00-7:00 pm at Weigel Funeral Home. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service on Thursday. Tillie was born on October 16, 1923 to Joseph and Wilhelmina (Boehm) Gratz in rural Morton County. She was raised and educated in the St. Anthony area. She married Peter F. Kopp on June 11, 1945 in Mandan. Tillie took great pride in raising her family and taking care of her "Boys." She was an excellent cook and her family enjoyed the many wonderful dishes she made for them. Tillie liked to play cards and dance especially polkas, waltzes and square dancing. The Chicago Cubs were her favorite baseball team and she would catch all their games on television. Tillie will be deeply missed by her sons, Alan (June), Fargo, ND, Gary (Cleo), Seattle, WA, Darwin, Plymouth, MN, DuWayne, San Jose, CA and Peter, Jr., Bismarck, ND; 4 grandchildren, Ian and Nate Kopp, Seattle WA, Whittney Kopp, Portland, OR and Alice Kopp, San Jose, CA and 5 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Marie (Ted) Renner, Dickinson, ND; brother-in-law, Clem Kopp, Billings, MT along with numerous nieces and nephews. Tillie was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Pete who passed away on March 25, 2011 after nearly 66 years of marriage; granddaughter, Nikki; sisters, Alice Olheiser, Ida Knoll, Perpetua Kautzman, Katie Butka, Rose McDonald and Maggie Gratz; brothers, Ralph Gratz, Adam Gratz and Steve Gratz. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be directed to the St. Joseph Church General Fund.