COPP, NAN - Nan Copp of Oxbow passed away at the Grand Falls General Hospital on February 21, 2013. Nan was born in Weaver, NB on December 5, 1938. She was the daughter of the late Frederick and Muriel (McAskill) Goodine. She leaves behind her children Judy Brewer (Ray) of River de Chute, NB and Judy's children Jonathan Brewer and Katherine Brewer, Denise Copp of Yoho, NB, Andy Copp of Plaster Rock and his daughter Sarah Copp; her sister Dorothy Albert; brothers James, Basil, and Dayle Goodine. She was predeceased by her parents; her husband Victor Copp; her sister Florence Buchanan; brothers Donald, Winnfred, David, and Archie Goodine. Nan and her husband Victor ran a store for many years in Oxbow. While working at the store, she studied to receive her GED. Later after receiving her GED, Nan attended the Woodstock Community College and studied nursing. She gradated in 1982 as her class Valedictorian and went on to work at the Tobique Valley Manor. Nan was a lifelong member of the Sisson Brook Women's Institute and the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch # 29. She loved quilting, knitting, sewing, crocheting, bingo, and her pets. Most of all she loved her children and spending time with them.
Respecting Nan's wishes, there will be no visitation or funeral service. A graveside service celebrating her life will be held later in the spring. Interment will be in Burntland Brook Cemetery. For those who wish, donations to the NB Arthritis Society, NB Alzheimer’s Society or Tobique Valley Manor would be appreciated by the family. Arrangements are entrusted to Brunswick Funeral Home, Perth-Andover and Plaster Rock, NB.