Charles Koopman
Charles Neal Koopman was born August 29, 1938, in Pleasantville, Iowa, the firstborn son of Neal and Ruby (Sinclair) Koopman.
He was raised in Knoxville, his father, a truck driver, his mother, a coal miner’s daughter from Monroe County. As a young boy, in the evenings, Charles helped his father change oil and service his truck. In the daytime, he rode along as his dad hauled coal from southern Iowa mines to customers in Des Moines. Times were hard. Days were long, for both men...
Charles Neal Koopman was born August 29, 1938, in Pleasantville, Iowa, the firstborn son of Neal and Ruby (Sinclair) Koopman.
He was raised in Knoxville, his father, a truck driver, his mother, a...