Joseph A. Kopp, 65, former garage operator in Cedar City died in a Salt Lake hospital
Sunday. The body was brought to Cedar City for burial and funeral services are being
conducted in the First Ward Chapel this afternoon.
Mr. Kopp, who established "Kopp's Garage" in Cedar City in 1913, at the present site of
the Thorley Motor and South Utah Auto companies, was an active civic worker while residing
here, serving on the Chamber of Commerce board of directors, and as a member of the city
council. He continued in his garage business until poor health forced his retirement in
1937, and in 1938 he moved to Salt Lake City, where he had resided since.
During his residence in Cedar City, Mr. Kopp became known as a most generous person,
befriending many, many families of the community in times of trouble, and particularly
in the event of a family death.
He was born in Eureka, Nevada, on October 24, 1882, a son of Joseph Albert and Blondina
Lippi Kopp. In his youth he worked as swamper on mule teams out of Eureka and as a
blacksmith's helper. In 1899 he moved with a brother to Park City, where he worked
hauling ore until 1904 when he moved to Milford where he was employed by the Union
Pacific railroad company until coming to Cedar City in 1913.
He married Margaret Corlett Simkins in Milford on June 3, 1906.
He is survived by a son, Frank Kopp, Yokahoma, Japan; two daughters, Miss Marie Kopp and
Mrs. R. A. Ogle, Salt Lake City; a stepson, James C. Simkins, San Diego, California; two
stepdaughters, Mrs. Catherine Crosley, Los Angeles, and Mrs. R. R. Reid, Salt Lake City;
a brother, John A. Kopp, San Francisco; seven grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.