Claude Arthur Hope (1940)
BUSH, HOPE, MCCOLLUM, TOLLY
Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 6/24/2007 at 08:33:25
Winterset Madisonian - April 17, 1940
Winterset, IowaYOUNG WINTERSET MAN DIED THURSDAY
Claude Hope Succumbs at Age of 32 at Veterans' Hospital
Claude A. Hope, young Winterset man, died last Thursday at the Veterans' hospital in Des Moines after years of failing health. He was 32 years of age.
Mr. Hope had spent most of his life in this community. He was born at Republican City, Neb., on Jan. 3, 1908. As a small child he came with his parents to Winterset, and with the exception of a few years in Kansas, this community had always been his home.
He attended the Winterset high school, and at the age of 19 years he enlisted in the U.S. army air coprs at Chanute field, Rantoul, Ill. He graduated from the air school there in 1928, but his health began to fail at this time, and he was honorably discharged that fall.
He is survived by his prents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hope of near Winterset; and nine brothers and sisters: Drene McCollum, Ralph Hope, Helen Tolly, Dorothy Bush, all of Winterset, and Gertrude, Harold, Leland, Donald, and Edna Hope, all at home.
Funeral services were held Sunday from the Adnerson home for funerals, in charge of the Rev. Tom Foglesong, pastor of the Church of Christ.
________________________The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, April 18, 1940
Page 4, Column 5CLAUDE HOPE DIES AT AGE 32
Funeral Service Was Held Sunday. Burial Made In Winterset.
Claude Hope, 32 years of age, died Thursday in the Veteran’s hospital in Des Moines, following an extended period of ill health.
Claude Arthur Hope, who was the oldest son of Claude and Grace Hope, was born in Republican City, Nebraska, on Jan. 3, 1908. When a small child he came with his parents to Winterset and with the exception of a few years in Kansas he had always lived near Winterset.
He attended Winterset high school. At the age of 19 he enlisted in the air corps at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois, graduating from the error school on Aug. 17, 1928. He was honorably discharged on Sept. 16, 1928 because of failing health and since that time he was at home with his parents.
He leaves to mourn his death his parents; four brothers and five sisters, Drene McCollom, Ralph, Helen Tolly, Dorothy Bush, all of Winterset; Gertrude, Harold, Leland, Donald and Edna at home..
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at two-thirty in the Neil Anderson funeral home with the Rev. Tom Foglesong officiating. Burial was made in the Winterset cemetery.
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