Pioneer Woman Dies.
Mrs. Julius Hopp, long a resident of this community, passed away Friday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Matilda Penney in Centralia, aged 77 years. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from St. Paul's Lutheran church in Winlock. Rev. E. E. Krebs of Castle Rock officiated. Burial was in the family plot in the Toledo cemetery. Marie Graffenberger was born August 9, 1854 in Germany and came to America when 19 years old. May 28, 1877 she was united in marriage to Julius Hopp at Hutchison, Minn., where they resided over 13 years, or until 1890, when they moved to Morgan, Minn. They lived there until 1900 when they came to Washington, living in Tacoma, one year and then moving to Toledo, where her home had been since. She is survived by the widower, Julius Hopp, five sons, Max of Chehalis, Emil of Seattle, Henry of Toledo, Louis of Seattle, William of Winlock; two daughters, Matilda of Centralia and Elsie of Seattle; three brothers, Otto Graffenberger of Idaho; Charles Graffenberger of Millican, Ore.; George Graffenberger of Enumclaw; two sisters, Antonia Rahn of Portland and Anna Smith of Redwood Falls, Minn.; also 30 grandchildren, all of whom were present at her funeral.
Source: The Chehalis Bee-Nugget, 2 October 1931, page 6. Microfilm available at Washington State Library, 6880 Capitol Boulevard South, Tumwater, WA. 98512
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