FRED MARTIN HOPKINS

FRED MARTIN HOPKINS, SON OF MR. AND MRS. M.V. HOPKINS WAS BORN AT WATTERSON, IOWA, JANUARY 11, 1889 AND DIED AT WATTERSON, IOWA DECEMBER 6, 1920, AT THE AGE OF 31 YEARS, ELEVEN MONTHS AND 6 DAYS.

HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO BERTHA MAY SMITH FEBRUARY23, 1911.

THE DECEASED SPENT HIS ENTIRE LIFE NEAR WATTERSON WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE YEAR SPENT IN KANSAS. HE WAS A MAN OF PLEASING PERSONALITY AND EXCELLENT CHARACTER, ALWAYS HOLDING THE HIGHEST RESPECT AND ESTEEM OF THE COMMUNITY. HIS LIFE WAS EXEMPLARY AS A NEIGHBOR, GENEROUS AND ACCOMMODATING TO A FAULT.

HE LEAVES TO MOURN HIS DEATH AN AFFECTIONATE AND DEVOTED WIFE, AN AGED FATHER AND MOTHER, A SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, MR. AND MRS. JAMES HACKER, THREE NIECES AND A HOST OF RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.