Obituaries

August 28, 1935 to May 1, 2021

WHEATFIELD - Everett E. Kopka, 85, of Winamac, passed away May 1.

He was born Aug. 28, 1935, in Jefferson Township, to the late Milo and Mary Krohn Kopka. He married Reba Tanner on May 19, 1956 at the Medaryville Christian Church. She survives.

Also surviving are children Cheryl (Steve) Walden, Cathy Deford, Steve (Alice) Kopka; 7 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by sister Emma Johns; brothers William, Henry, Fred, Kenneth, Milo Jr. and Ernest Kopka; infant siblings Carl, Charles and Lena; and son-in-law Kevin Deford.

Mr. Kopka was a truck driver/mechanic, and was self-employed. He drove for Diamond Trucking. He attended Medaryville Christian Church where he served as an elder and Sunday School superintendent. He loved his church. He was a member of the Teamsters No. 364.

Friends are invited to visit with the family from 4 to 8 p.m. (ET) Friday, May 7, at the Medaryville Christian Church. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m., (ET), Saturday, May 8, at the church, with Pastor David Broad officiating. Interment will follow at Idle Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are requested for the Medaryville Christian Church or Riley’s Children’s Hospital.

Boersma Funeral Home in Wheatfield has been entrusted with the arrangements.