Alice Cooper, age 86, of DeFuniak Springs, Fla., passed away Feb. 16, 2009. She was born Nov. 21, 1922, in Atlasburg, Pa. Shortly after her birth, her family moved to a farm near the small village of Cross Creek, Pa. The family moved to Ohio in 1942. She taught school for 34 years, retiring teaching from Columbus, Ohio, and afterward doing substitute teaching. Among her teaching achievements she was co-author of a patriotic operetta for children which won her the distinguished Valley Forge Teachers Freedom Foundation Award. In 1986, she moved to DeFuniak Springs, where she worked for Okaloosa College teaching adult education at ARC. She was a member of Cornerstone Church. She loved church and church activities and her church family. Alice was preceded in death by her parents, Emmitt and Ida Cooper; seven brothers; and one sister. Alice is survived by her sister, Virginia Scites of Wellston, Ohio; also many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews; great-great-nieces and nephews; and one very close friend, Dolores May. A time of visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, at Clary-Glenn Funeral Home Chapel, 230 Park Ave., DeFuniak Springs. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 20, at Clary-Glenn Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Doyle Redwine officiating. Burial will follow in Magnolia Cemetery. Those asked to serve as pallbearers are Bill Cooper, Regis Fechter, Jerry Jones, Greg Elio, Leonard Schulenberg and Hilton Williams. Floral arrangements are being accepted. You may go online to view obituaries, offer condolences and sign the guest book at www.clary-glenn.com. Clary-Glenn Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements.