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Obituary- Hopkins, Ira 1

Ira T. Hopkins
Funeral services for Ira Hopkins were held Saturday afternoon, May 20 at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church conducted by the pastor, Don Jones. Mrs. Hopkins passed away Wednesday night, May 17, after a brief illness in a Topeka hospital.

Music for the service was furnished by Mrs. Lorene Harth and Mrs. Maxine Trimble, with Mrs. Irene Campbell, accompanist.

Pallbearers were Joe Parr, John Lillard, Glen Davis, Shirley Parr, Wm. Hess and Ralph Page.

Burial was in Rossville cemetery.

Mr. Hopkins was a native son, born in this community Dec. 15, 1875, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Hopkins.

He spent his early life on the Hopkins farm west of Rossville. His first wife died in the early part of the century, with six children born to this union.

Some years after death he married Alice Ross, who with five children, survive him. They are three daughters, Mrs. Gladys Patterson, Wichita; Mrs. Clara McDonald and Mrs. Dorothy Fader, Topeka; two sons, Carl Hopkins, Topeka; and Marvin Hopkins, Miami, Florida. One son, Omar, preceded him in death. One sister, Ida Ayers, Uvalde, Texas also survives.

For over forty years, Mr. Hopkins was in the mercantile business, first in hardware and later in general merchandise. He retired some years ago and had lived quietly at his home until fatal illness.

He was a member of the Rossville Methodist church since Aug. 6, 1905. Mr. Hopkins had an abiding love of his community and his neighbors in Rossville. He loved to help other people, and anyone who knew him came to depend upon him for advice and counsel. He was always ready to extend a helping hand to those who needed it, and he set an example of goodness, patience and neighborliness.

The following were among the out-of-town folk who were here Saturday to attend the funeral service of Ira Hopkins held at the Methodist Church: Kenneth Stevens, Rev. and Mrs. Warner, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Webb, Mrs. Floyd Cless, Mrs. Charity James, Mrs. Clinton Stalker, Mrs. Margaret Witter, Mrs. Olive Cochran and Mrs. John Lewis, all of Topeka; Mrs. Carrie Kinnet and Rozella of Ozawkie; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Cless of Hutchinson; Mrs. Joe Barney of Grove community.

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