A photo
of Charles taken at the Pratt School in about 1891.
Charles Copke, Jr. spent his adult life in mental institutions.
In 1910, Charles is living in the Kankakee State Hospital, Kankakee,
Illinois.
In 1920, Charles is living in the Kankakee State Hospital, Kankakee,
Illinois.
At some time, Charles was transferred to the state hospital in Manteno,
Illinois.
Charles outlived all of his siblings, dying on December 28, 1960.
No death notice or obituary was printed in the newspaper for him.
Charles is buried in what is now called the Illinois
Veterans Home
Cemetery in Manteno, Illinois. His grave marker has become unreadable.