From the Mailbox
| Mill Valley, CA | Jun. 21, 1997 |
| J. C. Andersen informed us of the death of his wife, Patricia, on Jun. 13. She was the daughter of Henri Edwin Hoppe and the granddaughter of Henry Hoppe. | |
Yucaipa, CA | Jun. 26, 1997 |
| Ray and Irene Sellenrick expressed their thanks for the newsletter and especially the article about Ray’s parents. They also sent an address update. | |
Livingston, TX | Jul. 7, 1997 |
| Larry and Anna Hoppe are “on the road” for two years in their motorhome after Larry retired from the Veteran’s Service Center in March. They were unable to attend last year’s reunion because their son, David, was getting married July 26. | |
Lincoln, NE | Aug. 1, 1997 |
| Mae Hansel sent an address update for Lillian Ehrlich. | |
Lincoln, NE | Aug. 1, 1997 |
| Nancy (Hoppe) Lowe, treasurer, reported there was $444 in the treasury of the Hoppe Family Association. She also sent updates to the genealogy from Judy Friesen Nack. | |
Lebanon, OR | Aug. 9, 1997 |
| The family of Everett Smith, son of Anna (Conerus) Smith, sent a thank you for the memorial given by the Association in memory of Everett. Memorials were given to the Lebanon Hospice, who gave care to Everett prior to his death. | |
Riverton, IA | Aug. 11, 1997 |
| Margie Dahlgran, suggested the cover story article and sent a copy of the letter her dad wrote home to his mother. | |
Phillipsburg, KS | Sep. 9, 1997 |
| Fred W. Hoppe sent pictures and information for the cover story. | |
Chatham, NJ | Sep. 17, 1997 |
| Fred Hoppe updated us on his grandsons, Jason and Erik Harclerode. Jason graduated from James Madison University in computer science. Erik graduated from high school and began his studies at James Madison, also in computer science. | |
Salina, KS | Sep. 25, 1997 |
| Fred and Muriel Otis recalled the Addie family living in Phillips Co., Kansas before going to Bloomington, Indiana. Uncle Walter worked in a hardware store in Phillipsburg. | |
Haverhill, MA | Oct. 3, 1997 |
| Connie (Kirby) Lewis sent genealogy updates for her children and grandchildren. She also sent a news-clipping of her grandparents’ 50th Wedding Anniversary. Connie reported that the Kirby-Addie family had a reunion to celebrate the 80th birthday of her mother, Viola (Addie) Kirby, on Sept. 26. All nine of Viola’s children were able to attend in Bloomington, Indiana. | |
Mooresville, IN | Oct. 24, 1997 |
| Dawn (Kirby) Wright offered to send information for the article on her grandparents, Walter and Anna Addie. This article has been postponed until we gather more information. Dawn also expressed her pleasure in attending last year’s reunion. She, her brother, sister, and mother attended the reunion last year for the first time. | |
Louisburg, KS | Nov. 29, 1997 |
| Pat Massey wrote via Email to inform us of the death of her uncle, Raymond Sellenrick. He died Thanksgiving Day at his home in Yucaipa, California. | |
| Dec. 21, 1997 | |
| Ila Ingle, a long time friend of Raymond and Irene Sellenrick, wrote via Email to share the obituary of Raymond Sellenrick shown on the following page. Raymond and Ila’s father, Art Ackman, grew up about a quarter mile apart in Jefferson county Nebraska. Ila first met Raymond at his mother’s funeral in 1946 and later lived with Raymond and Irene for a short period when she first moved to California in 1960. Although Ila and her husband, Glen, had celebrated Thanksgiving with Raymond and Irene for over 25 years, last year Raymond had suggested they wait until February to get together. They spoke by phone in the afternoon on Thanksgiving Day and were saddened to receive a call later that evening to tell them that Raymond had died. | |
St. Helens, OR | Mar. 3, 1998 |
| Judy (Hoppe) Brown sent pictures and information regarding the military service of her father, Art. | |
 hoppe@wjh.us Updated: 25 July 1998 Hoppe Family Reunion Newsletter Index | |