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Obituary- Hopkins, Rebecca

Mrs. J.T. Hopkins Died Monday

Mrs. Rebecca Ellen Hopkins, widow of the late J.T. Hopkins, died at 5 o'clock Monday evening following a long illness. Since a stroke of paralysis last February she had been practically helpless and required the assistance of a caretaker. Mrs. Hopkins had been unconscious since Friday of last week and no hope was held out for any improvement in her condition. Her death was due to a number of complications.

Mrs. Hopkins had been a resident of Kansas for the past fifty-nine years. She was a native of Zionville, Indiana, where she was born, Dec. 1, 1847, coming to Rossville township while a young woman. While living at Tecumseh she was united in marriage to Joseph Hopkins, March 16, 1870. Of the seven children born to this union four survive her. She united with the Baptist church in her girlhood but later affiliated with the Methodist church here.

The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at 2 p.m. and was attended by a great number of lifetime friends and neighbors. The service was conducted by Rev. Basquin. The songs sung at the service were the one selected by Mrs. Hopkins herself in planning the little services she preferred should be done following her death.

Members of her family who survive are her daughter, Mrs. Ida Ayers, of Magnolia, Texas, and three sons, Ira T. of Rossville, Fred and William of Topeka. She is also survived by four half-sisters, Mrs. Frank Cooper of Eskridge, Mrs. Mina Wax of Maple Hill, Mrs. M.S. McElvain and Mrs. Delia Swearingen of Rossville; three half-brothers, James Heslet, Washington, D.C., Joseph Heslet, of Rossville, and Jacob Heslet, address unknown. Interment was made in Rossville cemetery in the family lot.

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