Ruth Virginia Copas, 78, of Sedalia,MO died Thursday, June 15, 2006, at her home.

She was born March 19, 1928, in Tipton, MO a daughter of Aubrey Fred and Minnie Catherine Custer Burriss. On Dec. 11, 1943, in Boonville, MO she was married to William Howard Copas, who died April 14, 1998.