Sept. 16, 1911 – Aug. 19, 2013
Beatrice Renfro Linton Copeland, 101, formerly of Sweet Home died Aug. 19, 2013 in Portland.
She was born Sept. 16, 1911 in Tishamingo, Okla. to Bob and Lizzie (Renfro) Renegar.
She married her first husband, Oren R. Linton, in February of 1929. He worked as an oilfield foreman for Shell Oil. Their daughter, Betty Mozelle Linton Vogel, was born in Oklahoma in 1935.
The couple later moved to Illinois, where their son, Dale Ray Linton, was born in January 1947. They then moved to Algiers, La.
Mr. Linton died there in 1954.
In 1955, the future Mrs. Copeland brought her family to Southern California. For the first time in her life, she worked full time to support the three of them, primarily as a psychiatric nurse at the Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino. She lived in Redlands, Calif., where she met her second husband, Verral Copeland.
They married in April of 1975.
In 1978 the Copelands retired and moved to Sweet Home, where her daughter Betty’s family lived. They traveled across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico in their RV.
Mr. Copeland died in 1982.
Mrs. Copeland had many friends in Sweet Home and was very active at the Senior Center. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, canning, and fishing. She hosted card games with her closest friends for many years.
She is survived by her son, Dale Ray Linton and daughter-in-law Cinde of Ontario, Calif.; a grandson; and a great-granddaughter.
Mrs. Copeland was preceded in death by her first husband, Oren “Red” Linton; second husband Verral Copeland; mother Lizzie Renfro; brother Calvin Renfro, sister Hazel Means; and daughter Betty Vogel.
A private service was held Aug. 22 at Gilliland Cemetery in Sweet Home.
Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.