Angeline A. Kopka (née Landry; April 18, 1916 – October 28, 2016) was an American realtor and member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. She was of French and Irish descent.

Biography

Kopka graduated from Nashua Business College, earning an associate degree. A former real estate agent, she founded Kopka Real Estate, in her hometown of Nashua, New Hampshire, in 1953.

Angeline Kopka

In 1974, she served as president of the National Women's Council of Realtors, and later, the New Hampshire Association of Realtors the following year. She is a winner of the National Association of Realtors Distinguished Service Award, receiving the award in 1991.

Angeline Kopka

Kopka was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 2002 as a Democratic Party, and served until 2010 when she was defeated for re-election. She won re-election in 2012, becoming the oldest lawmaker in the United States.

Angeline Kopka

Kopka married to John S. Kopka, Jr., around 1935; they remained wed until his death in 2009. She had two children, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She turned 100 in April 2016 and died October 28, 2016.

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1916 births

2016 deaths

Politicians from Nashua, New Hampshire

Businesspeople from New Hampshire

Democratic Party members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

Women state legislators in New Hampshire

American centenarians

American people of French descent

American people of Irish descent

Women centenarians

20th-century American businesspeople

20th-century American women

21st-century American women