Ingeborg Margarete Koppy

DR. INGEBORG MARGARETE KOPPY, 85, formerly of Valdosta, died on Wednesday,
November 1, 2006, in San Diego, California. She was born Margarete Maria
Elizabet Ingeborg Horn on July 28, 1921, in Plauen, Saxony, Germany, the
daughter of Ewald and Else Horn. Dr. Koppy was the head of the German
Department at Valdosta State College from 1969 until she retired in 1980.

Starting at age 41, divorced with three children and no alimony, while
working at a succession of minimum-wage jobs, Ingeborg Koppy began her
pursuit of higher education. She graduated from Edison Junior College in
Fort Myers, Florida, with all A’s, received her bachelor’s degree from
Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton (graduating cum laude), and both
her master’s degree and finally her PhD. from Florida State University in
Tallahassee.

Survivors include son Michael Koppy and daughter-in-law Noriko Wada of San
Francisco, California; and son Robert Koppy of San Diego, California.

The family will receive friends at Carson McLane Funeral Home in Valdosta,
on Thursday, November 9, from 2:00 until 3:45. Final words and interment
will be at 4:00pm, at the graveside in Sunset Hill Cemetery. The family
specifically requests that in lieu of flowers, contributions please be made
to the Andy Koppy Memorial Scholarship Fund, named in remembrance of Dr.
Koppy’s other son Andrew, who died in Vietnam at age 19, in care of the
Valdosta State University Foundation, 1500 North Patterson Street, Valdosta
31698. Condolences may be conveyed on line at ww.mclanefuneralservices.com.

Funeral Home:
Carson McLane Funeral Home
2215 North Patterson Street
Valdosta, GA
US 31602