Madeleine L. Popp

Madeleine L. (Beach) Popp

Madeleine Louise (Beach) Popp, age 95, of Fairport Harbor, Ohio passed away peacefully on February 19, 2024. Born December 7, 1928, in a home on Townline Road in North Perry, Ohio to Harold “Becky” and Meda Dell (Cameron) Beach. She grew up and worked on their family farm in North Madison, graduating from Madison High School in 1947.

She married George A. Popp Jr. on May 9, 1953, in Perry; George proceeded her in death in 1986.

Madeleine worked at Industrial Rayon in the early 1950’s where she met her husband, George. Later in life, she worked for the Village of Fairport Harbor and Lake Metro Parks as the Gate Keeper at Fairport Beach. She was an active member of the Hungarian Reformed Church of Fairport Harbor since 1953, Fairport Harbor Historical Society, and Fairport Senior Center.

Madeleine was a devoted stay-at-home wife and mother; she enjoyed watching Cleveland sports, sewing, knitting, cooking, furniture refinishing, and doing sudoku puzzles; striving for perfection in all her work.

She is survived by her two children Andrew D. Popp and Kathryn J. Popp; brother, Richard “Dick” Beach and brother-in-law Orville “Lee” Baker and many nieces and nephews.

She was proceeded in death by her siblings Marlea Baker, Paul Beach, Carol “Susie” Robertson, and Roland Beach and sibling in-laws Elizabeth (Frank) Popp Kutz, Margaret (Alex) Popp Kovacs, Irene Popp and Neal W. Robertson and several nieces and nephews.

A funeral service will be held at the Hungarian Reformed Church, 601 Plum Street, Fairport Harbor, OH on Saturday, February 24, 2024, at 11 am with burial to follow at Riverside Cemetery in Painesville. Friends may call from 9:30 am until the time of the service at the church on Saturday. Services entrusted to the Potti & Marc F. Burr Funeral Home. Donations suggested to the Hungarian Reformed Church or the Madison Public Library.