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Carl O Hopkins

Male 1896 - 1975  (78 years)


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  • Name Carl O Hopkins 
    Born 10 May 1896  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 2 Feb 1975  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mount Calvary Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4021  Rossville
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2018 

    Father Ira Thomas Hopkins,   b. 15 Dec 1875, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1950, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Bertha Orwan Hopkins,   b. 21 Dec 1875, Newbloomfield, Perry County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1913  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 16 Jan 1895 
    Family ID F2875  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Retha Kirby Hopkins 
    Married 7 Apr 1967 
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2017 16:12:24 
    Family ID F4245  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Orwin L Hopkins
     2. Robert Hopkins
     3. Bernard C Hopkins
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2017 16:13:24 
    Family ID F4246  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Calvary Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Hopkins, Carl
    Obituary- Hopkins, Carl
    Carl Hopkins
    Services will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Assumption Catholic Church for Carl O. Hopkins, 78, 1924 N. Central, who died Sunday in a Topeka hospital.

    He was born May 10, 1896, at Rossville and spent most of his life in the Topeka community. He served in the Navy during World War I.

    He was a coach car man for Santa Fe Railway and worked for the railway 47 years before he retired in 1960. He was a member of Assumption Catholic Church and Capitol Post No. 1 of the American Legion.

    He was married to Retha Kirby on April 7, 1967. She survives.

    Other survivors include three sons, Orwin L. Hopkins, 2321 Duncan Drive, Robert Hopkins, 1815 Lott and Bernard C. Hopkins, 5625 W. 16th; three sisters, Mrs. Clara McDonald, 721 Roosevelt, Mrs. Dorothy Sader, Fort Riley, and Mrs. Gladys Patterson, Amarillo, Texas; and four grandchildren.

    Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Mr. Hopkins will lie in state from 2 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Brennan Funeral Home where parish rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Tuesday.