Cooper J. Ingels Obituary (2002

Cooper J. Ingels, 21, of Maynard, Iowa, died Friday, November 10, 2023, at MercyOne Medical Center in Oelwein, Iowa. Funeral Services: 10:30 A.M. Thursday, November 16, 2023, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Oelwein with Fr. Ray Atwood and Deacon Jim Patera officiating. Visitation: 3:00 to 8:00 P.M. Wednesday, November 15, 2023, and from 8:30 to 9:30 A.M. Thursday at the Jamison-Schmitz Funeral Home in Maynard. Interment: Long Grove Cemetery, Maynard. Online obituary at www.jamisonschmitzfuneralhome.com Cooper Jeffrey Ingels was born May 17, 2002, in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of Jeffrey Wilcox and Allison Marie (Brownell) Ingels. He attended West Central Community School in Maynard. Cooper participated in football, basketball, track, golf, choir, and drama. He also performed in both group and individual speech, where he was a two-time state qualifier. Cooper graduated from West Central in 2020. After high school, Cooper attended Hawkeye Community College. He was currently living in Ackley, Iowa, where he was employed at Calkins Nature Center as an Interpretive Park Technician with Hardin County Conservation. His duties included caring for the animals, guiding educational tours for schools, and helping maintain the park. Cooper served as a mentor for local high school students that job shadowed at the nature center. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Oelwein. Cooper loved the outdoors, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, listening to music and hanging out with all his friends and family. Cooper is survived by his parents: Jeff and Alli Ingels of Maynard; brothers: Ty Ingels and Brooks Ingels of Maynard; paternal grandmother: Sue Ingels of Fayette; maternal grandparents: Bill and Diane Brownell of Oelwein; uncles and aunts: Chad (Tammy) Ingels of Randalia, Beth (Mike) Zuehlke of Madison, Wisconsin, Gina (Nate) Schellhorn of Fairbank and Travis Brownell of Brooklyn, New York; cousins: Colton (Juliana) Ingels and their son: Rowan Ingels, Kameryn Ingels, Cullen Ingels, Alex Zuehlke, Max Zuehlke, Brinley Schellhorn and Brielle Schellhorn; and his beloved Brittany Spaniel: Cash. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather: James Ingels.