Marian Elizabeth Marshall Kopacki, 94, of West Point, VA, passed away peacefully on July 25, 2024.
Marian was a loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, great-aunt, cousin, and friend to many. Anyone that met her knew how special of a person she was.
Marian was a very active and devoted member of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. She rarely missed morning Mass or saying the rosary. She kept a statue of Mary the mother of Jesus directly beside where she sat daily as one of her most cherished possessions. She served many years as a member of Our Lady’s Sodality and of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus. Marian and Henry attended many Knights of Columbus Conventions, where they met knew people that became lifelong friends.
She loved playing the piano, working jigsaw puzzles, word searches, and made sure that Christmas dinner always be at her home. She loved watching westerns and would sing along to the music while watching Lawrence Welk. In her earlier days you would see her on the dance floor with Henry doing the Polka. She truly loved her family and her church community. She was a family treasure and will be greatly missed by many.
Marian is preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Henry John Kopacki, Jr., two sons, Michael and John Kopacki, a grandson, Patrick McGowan, and a son-in-law, Billy McGowan.
Marian is survived by her children, H. Eugene Kopacki (Bonnie), Janice McGowan, and Jonathan Kopacki; four grandchildren, Holly McGowan, Kevin Kopacki (Deidra), B.J. Kopacki (Hope) and Andrew McGowan (Kelly); great-grandchildren, Collin and Jack Lewis, Kody and Mason Kopacki, McKenna and Bryan Kopacki, Paxton and Parker McGowan, sister-in-law, Virginia Kopacki; many nieces, nephews, cousins, and a special little dog “Suzie.”
A funeral mass will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 31 at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 3570 King William Avenue, West Point, VA 23181. Interment will follow in St. Theresa Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday with a rosary service at 7 p.m. at Vincent Funeral Home, 417 11th Street, West Point, VA 23181.
Memorials may be made to Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 207 West Euclid Blvd., West Point, VA 23181.
