Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1920 — ELDON HOPKINS PASSES AWAY [ARTICLE]

ELDON HOPKINS PASSES AWAY

CITY SHOCKED AT NEWS OF < DEATH OF FAITHFUL SCHOOL After sixteen years as faithful custodian of the Rensselaer city school buildings, death came suddenly to Eldon Hopkins «t his home on Warner Ave., Wednesday evening at 9:00 o’clodis knew the illness of Mr. Uopkms, as he had been at the school buildings Tuesday. He was at the store of fiis brother-in-law, E. D. Rhoades, Tuesday afternoon and had a severe attack of hiccoughs. He soon, recovered from this and left the store. He went to the Fendlg drug store where he became' very sick and physicians were called. He was m great pain and was taken to his home where he suffered intensely until the end, which carafe as noted above. • * 's - *,' Eldon Hopkins was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Raphael Hopkins and was 'born in this city ori the site W occupied Char}©* Rhoades home on Front streeL The date of his birth was May .2, 1859. November 9, 1897 he was mamed to Nellie J. Robinson. Mr, and Mrs. Hopkins have ifik Walter Hopkins, of this city, and Mrs. Thomas Goodman, of Redla Whjle C Mr. Hopkins had been efbeen ww for a number of years. # Mrs. E. D. Rhoades is a sister of the their parents long long since passed into the gw« beyond. Besides the sister of deceased there survives l the son and when word is received from Goodman. ■' r . ■ -