Valerie June Dolmage ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She was buried on 27 December 1976 in the Victor Memorial in Victor, IA.

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• Her obituary was published in the Victor Record on 29 December 1976 in Victor, IA.

³ Valerie June Dolmage, the daughter of Wayne and Hazel Lyman Dolmage, was born at her parents home south of Victor on May 22, 1929. She was one of 11 children. Valerie grew to womanhood in this area, graduating from the Victor High School in 1946. Following her graduation from high school she attended the Iowa State Teachers College at Cedar Falls and later taught school in rural Iowa county. In 1956 Valerie became a resident of Broomfield, County. This had been her home since that time. It was in Denver, Colorado at Saint Anthony's hospital that she entered into rest after a lingering illness on Thursday, Dec. 23. She had attained the age of 47 years, 7 months and 11 days. Valerie was preceded in death by her father, Wayne, and one sister, Colleen. She leaves to mourn her passing her three children, Sherry, Mrs. Steve Boudreau of Broomfield, CO; Michael Cope and Kelly Cope, also of Broomfield; her mother, Mrs. Hazel Dolmage of rural Victor; her brothers and sisters, Thelma, Mrs. Harold Richardson of Schenectady, NY.; Vern of San Diego, California; Lillian, Mrs. Lowell Tiller of Port Townsend, Wash.; Sheila Cerveny of Cedar Rapids; David of rural Victor; Dennis of Grundy Center; Laura, Mrs. Robert Reed of Albany, NY; Daisianna, Mrs. Chris Dodds of Burlington; and Dean of rural Victor. Also surviving are her two grandchildren, David and Jennifer; several aunts and uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.

Funeral services were held on Monday, Dec. 27, at 1:30 PM at the McAninch-Fremming Chapel in Victor with Rev. Jack Weida, Pastor of the Victor United Methodist church, officiating. Two organ solos, "The Lord's Prayer" and "Beyond the Sunset" were played by Mrs. William Alexander. In care of flowers were Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Shine and Mr. and Mrs. Roy LeBeau. Concluding services and burial were in the I.O.O.F. cemetery at Victor with Richard Rohrer, Russell Fetzer, Wayne Farnum, David Bastian, and Bruce Feller serving as casket bearers.

(Source: Victor Record, Victor, Iowa, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 1976, page 3)
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Valerie married Donald Keith Miller on 3 April 1950 in Victor, IA. (Donald Keith Miller was born on 3 July 1928,^{4 5} died on 8 June 1967 in Cedar Rapids, IA ^{4 5} and was buried after 8 June 1967 in Cedar Rapids, IA ⁵.)

Valerie next married Keith Cope on 15 October 1957 in Denver, CO.¹ The marriage ended in divorce. (Keith Cope was born on 23 December 1926 in Paullina, IA,^{1 6} died on 8 August 2013 ⁶ and was buried after 8 August 2013 in Whittier, IA ⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Divorced: Unknown. Divorced. At the time of her father's death, 1963, she was still married to Keith Cope and was living in Broomfield, County. (per Dannell Hopkins, http://www.geocities.com/danni_74932/)
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• They have conflicting marriage information of 5 October 1957. ⁷