Thomas Roy HOPPER

HOPPER, MCLAUGHLIN, BURKITT, BATES, EVERMAN, SULLINS

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/7/2014 at 17:37:36

June 19, 1931 --- January 3, 2014

Thomas Roy Hopper left us on Friday morning, January 3¸ 2014, after a full life of 82 years. He was born in Goldfield, Iowa, on June 19, 1931 and graduated from Stillwater (OK) High School in 1948. Tommy served in the military from 1948-1952, first with the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and then with the 7th Infantry Division, 31st Tank Company in the Korean Conflict. Upon returning to the states, he married JoAnn McLaughlin in Stillwater on July 22, 1952. In 1966 he joined American Airlines as an aviation mechanic in Tulsa, retiring in 1993. Tommy was the kind of dad everyone wishes for- -calm and fair, supportive and generous.

Survived by his sister, Gladys Burkitt of Arvada, Colorado; daughters, Elizabeth A. Bates of Tulsa and Diane M. Everman (Mike) of St. Louis, Missouri; son, James F. Hopper (Nance) of Broken Arrow; 8 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by his wife, JoAnn McLaughlin, and sister Carolyn Sullins.

Visitation is scheduled for noon on Tuesday, January 7th (Floral Haven). Service to celebrate his life will be on Wednesday, January 8th, at 12:30pm, Floral Haven, 6500 S. 129th E. Ave, Broken Arrow, OK.

Tulsa World - Tulsa, Oklahoma
January 7, 2014