Longtime Dallas resident Stacey Kim Soper left this world unexpectedly on Saturday, December 2, 2023 after a brief bout of the flu.
Born October 14, 1955 in Corsicana, Stacey was the youngest of Lee and Barbara (Winans) Soper's three children. Being more than a decade younger than her siblings Jerry and Robin, Stacey had the good fortune to be showered with attention from her older brother and sister, while also getting a taste of the "only child life," since her brother was in college and her sister in high school when Stacey was beginning elementary school!
As her father built his career in the dairy business, her family moved from Corsicana to Dallas, where she attended Mrs. Varner's Preschool and began school at Walnut Hill Elementary, before moving to Comanche to Richardson to Lufkin to Fort Worth and to Burkburnett, where Stacey built important lifelong friendships all along the way and learned to be flexible and resilient.
Stacey returned to Dallas in 1972 with her mother and their loyal dog, Tami, after the untimely death of her father during her sophomore year in high school. As she and her mother adjusted to life without her father, Stacey formed new lifelong friendships and found solace in spending time with her adult siblings and their young families who lived in Dallas.
Stacey graduated from Highland Park High School in 1974 and followed in her sister's footsteps, heading to Austin to study at the University of Texas. She pledged Alpha Xi Delta, the sorority of her sister and also her grandmother and great aunt in Iowa, and loved to attend Texas football games.
From a young age, it was clear that Stacey was very intelligent, creative and keenly inquisitive. She was an excellent writer and artist, as well as a voracious reader of books, newspapers and magazines. Anything made of paper. Appropriately, she earned a Bachelor of Journalism from UT and returned to Dallas, where she worked as a writer and editor for Taylor Publishing Company. Among her favorite projects were working on a book showcasing her favorite Dallas Cowboys, as well as collaborations on creative projects, where Stacey's unique and artsy penmanship complemented beautiful illustrations.
Stacey began volunteering at the Dallas Museum of Art on the weekends, eventually going to work full time at DMA, where she was responsible for finding, selecting and stocking the museum shop's perfect collection of books, gifts and collectibles and also adding to her own collection of lifelong friends.
Eventually, she left DMA to take on a role that would allow her to love and care for animals, while meeting interesting people and exploring great neighborhoods around Dallas. Little did she know her work as a pet sitter would also lead to her becoming the longtime personal assistant to a wonderful family and building even more lifelong friendships with loyal clients who became like family to her.
Stacey loved art, architecture, books, history, historic preservation, travel, the Longhorns and spending her birthdays at the State Fair of Texas, as well as hunting for thoughtful gifts throughout the year to show her love and affection for her extensive collection of family and friends. Especially at Christmas, her favorite holiday.
Stacey is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Jerry and Kathleen Soper of Dallas; her sister and brother-in-law, Robin and Tom Broumley of Casper, Wyo.; niece Maureen Soper Beltz and husband, Pat; nephew Rob Soper and wife, Jennifer; niece Allison Broumley Griffin and husband Wade; nephew John Broumley and wife Jennifer; eight grand-nieces and -nephews; and a host of cousins and lifelong friends she considered family.
A celebration of Stacey's life is scheduled for Monday, December 18 at 10:00 a.m. at Cochran Chapel United Methodist Church, 9027 Midway Road, Dallas, TX 75209. In lieu of flowers, you may honor Stacey with a donation to any of her favorite charities: Operation Kindness, SPCA of Texas or Genesis Women's Shelter.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
David Eisenlohr
Stacey Soper Obituary
Longtime Dallas resident Stacey Kim Soper left this world unexpectedly on Saturday, December 2, 2023 after a brief bout of the flu.
Born October 14, 1955 in Corsicana, Stacey was the youngest of Lee and Barbara (Winans) Soper's three children. Being more than a decade younger than her siblings Jerry and Robin, Stacey had the good fortune to be showered with attention from her older brother and sister, while also getting a taste of the "only child life," since her brother was in college and her sister in high school when Stacey was beginning elementary school!
As her father built his career in the dairy business, her family moved from Corsicana to Dallas, where she attended Mrs. Varner's Preschool and began school at Walnut Hill Elementary, before moving to Comanche to Richardson to Lufkin to Fort Worth and to Burkburnett, where Stacey built important lifelong friendships all along the way and learned to be flexible and resilient.
Stacey returned to Dallas in 1972 with her mother and their loyal dog, Tami, after the untimely death of her father during her sophomore year in high school. As she and her mother adjusted to life without her father, Stacey formed new lifelong friendships and found solace in spending time with her adult siblings and their young families who lived in Dallas.
Stacey graduated from Highland Park High School in 1974 and followed in her sister's footsteps, heading to Austin to study at the University of Texas. She pledged Alpha Xi Delta, the sorority of her sister and also her grandmother and great aunt in Iowa, and loved to attend Texas football games.
From a young age, it was clear that Stacey was very intelligent, creative and keenly inquisitive. She was an excellent writer and artist, as well as a voracious reader of books, newspapers and magazines. Anything made of paper. Appropriately, she earned a Bachelor of Journalism from UT and returned to Dallas, where she worked as a writer and editor for Taylor Publishing Company. Among her favorite projects were working on a book showcasing her favorite Dallas Cowboys, as well as collaborations on creative projects, where Stacey's unique and artsy penmanship complemented beautiful illustrations.
Stacey began volunteering at the Dallas Museum of Art on the weekends, eventually going to work full time at DMA, where she was responsible for finding, selecting and stocking the museum shop's perfect collection of books, gifts and collectibles and also adding to her own collection of lifelong friends.
Eventually, she left DMA to take on a role that would allow her to love and care for animals, while meeting interesting people and exploring great neighborhoods around Dallas. Little did she know her work as a pet sitter would also lead to her becoming the longtime personal assistant to a wonderful family and building even more lifelong friendships with loyal clients who became like family to her.
Stacey loved art, architecture, books, history, historic preservation, travel, the Longhorns and spending her birthdays at the State Fair of Texas, as well as hunting for thoughtful gifts throughout the year to show her love and affection for her extensive collection of family and friends. Especially at Christmas, her favorite holiday.
Stacey is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Jerry and Kathleen Soper of Dallas; her sister and brother-in-law, Robin and Tom Broumley of Casper, Wyo.; niece Maureen Soper Beltz and husband, Pat; nephew Rob Soper and wife, Jennifer; niece Allison Broumley Griffin and husband Wade; nephew John Broumley and wife Jennifer; eight grand-nieces and -nephews; and a host of cousins and lifelong friends she considered family.
A celebration of Stacey's life is scheduled for Monday, December 18 at 10:00 a.m. at Cochran Chapel United Methodist Church, 9027 Midway Road, Dallas, TX 75209. In lieu of flowers, you may honor Stacey with a donation to any of her favorite charities: Operation Kindness, SPCA of Texas or Genesis Women's Shelter.
To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.