Hopp, Donald 1926-2007

HOPP, ALBERT, GERRIETTS, EDMUNDS

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg (email)
Date: 3/12/2012 at 17:43:41

Hopp, Donald

Home Town: Hawarden, IA
Deceased Date: Sun, Sept 9, 2007

Service: Thurs, Sept 13, 2007
Time: 11:00 am
Address: United Methodist Church 803 13th St
Hawarden, IA
Obituary: HAWARDEN, IOWA- DONALD E. HOPP, 80, of Hawarden, Iowa died suddenly on Sunday, September 9, 2007 at the Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa.
Funeral Service will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday at the United Methodist Church in Hawarden with Rev. Tim Walker officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Cemetery in LeMars, with Military Rites by the Wasmer American Legion Post #241 of LeMars. Visitation will begin at noon Wednesday, with a Prayer Service at 7 p.m. at the Porter Funeral Home in Hawarden.
Donald Eugene Hopp was born November 18, 1926 in Moville, Iowa, the son of Edward and Gertrude (Albert) Hopp. He was confirmed at Salem Lutheran Church in Correctionville, Iowa. Donald married Darlene Scott in 1948 in Elk Point, South Dakota.
He was inducted into the US Army on January 26, 1955 and discharged January 4, 1957.
Donald later married Dorothy Ann Gerrietts on April 12, 1958 in LeMars, Iowa. The couple made their home in LeMars. She died in 1988. He married Lois Edmunds on September 22, 1990 in Hawarden, Iowa, where they made their home together. Donald was employed for 46 years with Sioux Tools in Sioux City, retiring on March 22, 1991.
He was a lifetime member of the Wasmer American Legion Post #241 of LeMars and a member of the United Methodist Church in Hawarden. He enjoyed doing stain glass, working on his lawn, in the garden and with his roses. Donald liked traveling with his family, cooking, and especially enjoyed walking downtown with his wife Lois. He square danced for over 30 years.
Survivors include his wife, Lois; daughter, Claudette Barr of Spirit Lake, Iowa; step daughter, Pam Schuller and husband Keith of Hawarden; step daughter, Shelley Edmunds of Hawarden; 5 grandchildren, Paul Rydell, John and Nicki Rydell, Rich and Veronica Doede all of Spencer, Iowa, Amanda and Alexandria Batchelder of Hawarden; 3 great-grandchildren; a brother, Wayne and his wife Emma of Monte Sereno, California; 3 sisters, Phyllis and Joe Moss of Atlanta, Georgia, Noma and James Martin of Santa Clara, California, and Charlene and Jim Pederson of Omaha, Nebraska; and many nieces and nephews.
Donald was preceded in death by his parents; and an infant sister, Marlene June Hopp.
Source: Porter Funeral Home, Hawarden, IA., obit.