| Graduation Year | Class of 1975 |
| Date of Passing | Aug 24, 2011 |
| About | A memorial service for Cynthia Crouse will be held Saturday Aug. 27, 2011, at 11 a.m. at Mahn Family Funeral Home, Rochester Chapel. The Rev. Beth Perez of the United Methodist Church in Fountain will officiate. Mrs. Crouse, 53, of Fountain, died Wednesday Aug. 24, 2011, at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester. Cynthia Rae Coppe was born Sept. 11, 1957, in Hennepin County, the daughter of Milton and Maxine Coppe. Raised in Rochester, she was a 1975 graduate of John Marshall High School. She attended Rochester Vo Tech for a year, and then began working as a secretary for Action Realty. She married Steve Sorenson and they were later divorced. On Aug. 6, 1988, in Fountain, she married Jim Crouse. From 1989 to 1999, she worked as a secretary for the Gehling Auction Company. In 2000 she received a kidney transplant and she retired due to health concerns. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Fountain, a former Job’s Daughter, and was a member of the VFW Auxiliary in Preston. She is survived by her husband, Jim Crouse of Fountain; a son, Chad (Sheridan) Sorenson of Rochester; two step-sons, Patrick (Julie) Crouse of Big Lake and Ryan (Jenny) Crouse of Eagan; her mother, Maxine Coppe of Rochester; five grandchildren; and a brother, Jeff Coppe of Rochester. She was preceded in death by her father, Milton Coppe. |
