The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Thursday, February 22, 1996            TAG: 9602220281
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   22 lines

MARGUERITE H. COOPER

Marguerite H. Cooper, 87, of the 1000 block of Independence Blvd., died Feb. 20, 1996.

She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Honor Hosack, and her husband, Charles Gray Cooper. She owned her own gift shop until her retirement and was Protestant by faith. She was formally of Washington, D.C., and Mt. Vernon, Ohio.

She is survived by two nephews and their wives, Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Follmer of Virginia Beach and Mr. and Mrs. William Follmer of Hawaii.

Services will be private. Altmeyer Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

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