Louise (Burger) Hopp (1924)

BROWN, BURGER, GREIGER, HOPP, WIGGINS

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 12/3/2010 at 10:17:51

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, June 26, 1924

Mrs. Louise Burger Hopp died on Monday of this week at the home of her brother, August Burger, with whom she made her home for the past five years.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday, conducted by Rev. W. Z. Allen of the United Presbyterian church.

Mrs. Hopp was one of the early residents of Jefferson township, locating there in 1859. A more complete sketch of her life appears in the mortuary column of this paper.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, June 26, 1924
Page 8

Mrs. Louise Burger Hopp, seventh child of Gotlob Abraham and Franciska Zweigle Burger, was born in Esslingen, in the province of Wurtenburg, Germany, on the 28th day of May, 1841, and passed away at the home of her brother August F. Burger in Winterset, June 23, 1924, at the age of 83 years and 26 days. In 1848 she came with her parents to America, and for a few years lived in and near Cleveland, Ohio, where her father operated a bakery and hotel business. Here her father died and was buried, leaving a mother with five small children. Later her mother remarried and the family moved to Lee county, Iowa, near Montrose.

In 1859 she was united in marriage to Adam Hopp of Keokuk, whither they went to live, her husband conducting a harness and saddlery business. In the fall of 1859, her parents and the rest of the family came to Madison county and settled in the south part of Jefferson township, on North Branch and continued to live in that vicinity until the death of the husband several years ago.

To Mr. and Mrs. Hopp three children were born, Fannie, Charles and one child who died in infancy. Some time during the civil war, they moved from Keokuk to Carthage, Ill., where Mr. Hopp continued in the same business. It was here her daughter was married to A. T. C. Greiger, and went to live in Oberlin, Kans. So they might be near the daughter, about 1890, they moved to Oberlin, Kans, where Mr. Hopp continued in his trade. Some 20 years ago, the daughter died, so the parents went to join the son, Charles, who operated a newspaper in Douglas Island, Alaska. Here about 15 years ago, Mr. Hopp died, and there lies buried near the Pacific shore. Later she moved with her son to Seattle, Wash. Some eight years ago, her son took sick and died suddenly, leaving the mother alone and without a home, so she came to Iowa to live with relatives here. After a short stay here, she went to live with a granddaughter in Kansas, but the granddaughter, too, as her daughter and son had done before, was called in death, so again she was bereft of a home. So some five years ago she made her final return to Madison county, to make her home with her brother, August.

She leaves to mourn her, two brothers, August F. Burger of Winterset, Wm. H. Burger of Jefferson township, and a sister, Mrs. Henry Brown of Los Angeles, Calif. Her sister, Mrs. VanBuren Wiggins of Kansas, and two brothers, Fred Burger of Lamar, Colo. And Charles Burger of Des Moines, preceded her in death several years. She also leaves five grandchildren, a host of relatives scattered from the Mississippi river to the Pacific ocean, and many friends.

Mrs. Hopp was a member of the Presbyterian church, joining at Carthage, Ill., and transferring to Overland, Kans. She believed in the church and its teachings, but on account of her infirmities and old age, was not able to attend after returning to Iowa. Aunty, as she was familiarly called by her friends, was a kind and lovable woman, and appreciated her friends and their kind deeds.

Often has she told the writer that her best friend in the world was done, when Mrs. Laura Burger went to her heavenly home a little over two years ago. For two years or more, she has been more or less a sufferer, but during the winter just gone, she was troubled with a malady which medical skill could not combat, so for several months she has been a constant sufferer, but for the last three or four weeks her suffering has been very intense and acute, which increased until she was relieved in death.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W. Z. Allen, at the home of August Burger and burial in the Winterset cemetery.

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