The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., June 28, 1973, page 6
MERLIN HOPKINS SERVICES HELD THURSDAY
Merlin Eugene Hopkins, age 40, who died on June 23 as
the result of an accident, was born in Camas, Wa., on August 5, 1932. He
had been a resident of Port Angeles, Wa., for the past four years, where
he worked as a logging truck driver.
He is survived by: his wife, Nola Duvall Hopkins, of
Port Angeles; three children: Dana, Kenneth and Leslie; his mother and father,
Kenneth and Mildred Hopkins, of BZ Corners; one grandmother, Edna Suslick;
and a number of aunts and uncles.
Funeral Services were held Tuesday afternoon in Port
Angeles at the Harper Funeral Home at 1 o'clock. The remains were sent to
White Salmon where services will be held at Gardner's Funeral Chapel on Thursday
afternoon, June 28, at 3 o'clock.
The Rev. Vernon Douglas of the Church of God in Husum,
will officiate with representatives from the VFW, American Legion, and World
War I Barracks, presenting a brief graveside service.
Pall bearers are: Evan Waldron, David Reaume, Bob Henderson,
David Tuttle, Windy Vogt, and Bob Voigt. Honorary pallbearers are Zon Sprinkle,
Norman Krall, and Gene Vaughn.
Interment will be at the White Salmon Cemetery.
The Daily News, Port Angeles, WA., June 26, 1973, page 3
MERLIN E. HOPKINS
Funeral services for Merlin E. Hopkins, 40, will be Wednesday
at 1 p.m. at harper Funeral Home with burial at Evergreen Cemetery, White
Salmon, Thursday at 3 p.m. The Rev. Bert linn and Veterans of Foreign Wars
Henry Echternkamp Post No. 4760 will officiate.
Mr. Hopkins died at his home, Rt. 1, Box 333, Saturday.
He was born Aug. 4, 1932, in Camas to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hopkins.
He served with the U.S. Army in Korea and was employed
by M&R Timber, Inc., as a truck driver.
Survivors include his wife, Nola, Port Angeles; his parents,
White Salmon; his grandmother, Edna Suslick, Camas; a son, Kenneth, Port
Angeles, and tow daughters, Dana and Leslie, Port Angeles.
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