Ann Katherine Cooper Jincks, 100, of Sabetha entered eternal rest on Tuesday, October 20, 2020.

Ann was born August 31, 1920, at home in Kansas City, Kansas.  She was the oldest of four children born to Joseph and Louise Cigich Pavicic. While growing up in Kansas City, Ann attended St. John the Baptist School, on Strawberry Hill. After completing ninth grade, she went to work in The Garment Factory in Kansas City, Missouri. Ann met her first husband Harry Cooper through his mother at The Garment Factory in her late teens. They married on February 3, 1940, at St. John the Baptist Kansas City.

Ann worked in Kansas City’s Bomber Plant, building planes for the war; and the couple continued to live in Kansas City until after the war. In 1945, Harry, Ann and their two children moved to Bridgeport, Connecticut. While in Bridgeport, Ann ran a boarding house, until she decided to move her children back to Kansas City in 1952. Once she returned to Kansas City, she worked for General Motors, building cars. She was also employed part-time by General Electric and I.J. Eagle Printing Company.  It was at General Motors where she met her second husband, Dean Jincks. Dean and Ann were married in Oklahoma on Sept. 25, 1970.

After working at General Motors for 23 years, Ann and Dean moved to a farm in Ridgeway, Missouri. Ann and Dean enjoyed traveling around the United States. The couple also enjoyed bowling, horse racing, dog racing and going to casinos. Ann and Dean eventually moved back to Kansas City; and the couple celebrated 48 years of marriage before Dean’s death in 2018.

Ann was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church; she was devoted to her faith and watched Mass and prayed the Rosary daily.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Dean: her brothers, Fred Pavicic and Joseph Pavicic; and great-grandchildren, Maria Enneking and Joseph Enneking.

She is survived by her children, Harry (Virginia)Cooper, Jr of Canton, Georgia; her daughter Kathy (Chuck) Enneking of Sabetha; her sister Catherine Chontos of Kansas City, Kansas; five grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild..

Due to the critical situation our county is in, please remember the families during this difficult time and consider sending a card of condolence or posting on our website.

Ann will lie in state at Lauer Funeral Home on Friday, October 23, 2020 for public viewing and to sign the book; the family will not be present that day.

A Rosary will be prayed at 9:30 AM at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sabetha on
Saturday, October 24, 2020. The Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10AM at Sacred Heart Church, following the rosary.  Burial will be in St. Bede’s Catholic Church Cemetery in Kelly.

SOCIAL DISTANCING AND MASK REQUESTED.

Memorials may be left in Ann’s memory to St. Jude’s, sent in care of the family.