Angeline A. Kopka (née Landry; April 18, 1916 – October 28, 2016) was an American realtor and member of the

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. She was of French and Irish descent.

Biography

Kopka graduated from Nashua Business College, earning an associate degree. A former

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agent, she founded Kopka Real Estate, in her hometown of

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, in 1953. 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

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Distinguished Service Award, receiving the award in 1991. Kopka was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 2002 as a

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, 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. 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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