Carolyn Chopp

Carolyn Marie Chopp, 77, of Perry, Oklahoma, was the daughter of Joseph Elmer and Marie Louise Busse Chopp. She was born on July 23, 1934 in Perry, Oklahoma and died April 15, 2012 at the Green Valley Nursing Home in Perry. Carolyn was a 1952 graduate of Perry High School. She held a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree in Business Education from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She was a school secretary at Perry High School from May 1952 to September 1958 when she enrolled at OSU. After completing the requirements for the teaching certificate, Carolyn taught at Garber High school in Garber, Oklahoma and at Garden City High School in Garden City, Kansas. In 196465 she taught at Kansas State College, Pittsburg, Kansas. In 1965 she began teaching in the Business Division of Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa, Oklahoma where she taught until retirement in 1986. Carolyn was charter secretary for the Perry High School Alumni Association and had a lifetime membership. She was a lifetime member in the Cherokee Strip Historical Society. Carolyn also held memberships in various teaching groups and was a member of the Christ Lutheran Church in Perry. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday, April 19, 2012 at the Christ Lutheran Church in Perry, Oklahoma. Rev. William Metz will officiate. Interment will be at Grace Hill Cemetery, Perry, Oklahoma. Services are under the direction of BrownDugger Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Christ Lutheran Church or the Perry High School Alumni Scholarship in care of BrownDugger Funeral Home, 1010 N. 7th Street, Perry, Oklahoma 73077. Carolyn is survived by one nephew, Kelly Chopp of Garden City, Kansas two nieces, Korry Chopp of Lawrence, Kansas and Kerry Gwynn of Kearney, Nebraska one great niece, Samantha Gwynn of Kearney, Nebraska one great nephew, Cameron Gwynn of Kearney, Nebraska and several cousins and many friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Elmer and Marie Louise Chopp her brother A.J. Chopp and his wife Phyllis. Online condolences may be sent to the family using the online guestbook at www.brownduggerfuneralhome.com.