Patricia A. Hoppe 1948 - 2016

HOPPE, HERBOLD, EWERT

Posted By: Connie Swearingen- Volunteer (email)
Date: 10/19/2016 at 21:59:02

Sioux City Journal
2 October 2016

PIERSON, Iowa | Patricia A. Hoppe, 68, of Pierson, passed away Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, at her home.

Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Salem Lutheran Church, rural Correctionville, Iowa. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. today, with family present, followed by a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Rohde Funeral Home in Kingsley, Iowa. Online condolences may be sent to www.rohdefh.com.

Tricia was born on Jan. 3, 1948, to Elmer C.F. Ewert and Lillie Emma (Herbold) Ewert in Sioux City, Iowa. Tricia graduated high school at Kingsley-Pierson and from there pursued a very extensive medical career. She retired as a Nurse Practitioner from MD Anderson Cancer Medical Center in Houston, Texas.

Tricia married John Hoppe on Aug. 14, 2015, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. She was a very active volunteer in Pierson and surrounding area. Her faith and love for Salem Lutheran Church in rural Correctionville was displayed in so many ways.

Tricia most enjoyed spending time at home on the farm with her pet family of dogs, miniature horses, miniature donkeys and alpacas.

Tricia is survived by her loving husband, John; sisters, Karen Lund and Barb Ewert; stepchildren, Colin (Elizabeth) Hoppe, Jacqueline (Jordan) Bird and Catelyn Hoppe; nephews, Terry (Tonya) Lund and Tracy Lund; grand nephew, Drake Lund; mother-in-law, Connie Hoppe; numerous brother and sisters-in-law; and special friends, Marla Luitjens and Ted Herbold.

She is preceded in death by her parents; and father-in-law, Frank Hoppe

Memorials may be made to the Salem Lutheran Kitchen Fund or the Sioux City Humane Society.