Hoopman, Ronald E. 1932 – 2012

HOOPMAN, BLUMHAGEN, RUDOLPH, NESTE, OUJIRI, LANE, SPINA, BACHELDER

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 3/16/2013 at 11:56:41

Source: Decorah Public Opinion March 27, 2012, Page A-6

Ronald Hoopman

Ronald E. Hoopman, 79, of Cedar Rapids and San Benito, Texas, died at his winter home, Saturday, March 17, 2012. Services were 1 p.m. Monday, March 19, at Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories, with the Rev. Bob Wessels of Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church officiating. Interment was at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery with military honors by the Iowa National Guard. A visitation was Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home.

Ron was born June 5, 1932, in Lime Springs to Clarence and Georgia Ione Hoopman. He married Mardella Blumhagen Sept. 2, 1951, in Decorah. Ron was a millwright, working for Quaker Oats, retiring in 1991. After his retirement, he and Mardella spent their winters in San Benito. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church, and NARCA. Ron loved model trains and Ham Radios (KBOVLI).

Ron is survived by his wife, Mardi; children, Paul Hoopman and Kathleen Rudolph, both of Cedar Rapids; sisters, Mary (LaVerne) Neste of Decorah and Nancy Oujiri of Cedar Rapids; and a grandson, Christopher Lane, and a granddaughter, Keely Spina both of Cedar Rapids; a sister-in-law, Loretta Bachelder of Decorah; and brother-in-law, Loren (Phyllis) Blumhagen of Council Bluffs.

He was preceded in death by his parents and brothers-in-law, Don Oujiri and George Bachelder.

Memorials may be directed to a charity of the donor’s choice.

Online condolences may be sent to www.cedarmemorial.com under obituaries.

Transcribed from a newspaper clipping submitted by Janice Sowers.

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