Obituary: Hope, Louis R.; Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colo.
July 16, 1904, page 3

http://files.usgwarchives.net/co/denver/obits/h/hope_louis_1904.txt

Transcribed and Contribted by:
Rita Timm  <http://coloradoclues.com> 2001 - 2002

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DEATH CAME AS GREAT SURPRISE

Friends of Louis R. Hope, Irrigation Engineer, Knew He was Ill, But Did Not
Believe Case Serious.

The announcement of the death of Louis R. Hope was a very surprising one to
his many friends in the city.  While Mr. Hope has been ill for some time, he
had kept up so well that only his intimate friends suspected the seriousness
of the battle he was waging against his enemy, tuberculosis.  Mr. Hope was
irrigation division engineer of division No. 1, and had a desk in the state
engineer's office at the Capitol building.  Up to within a few days ago, he
kept up his duties there, and his absence from the office had created no
concern, as it was believed that his indisposition was only temporary.
Within a few hours of his death, which occurred at 11 o'clock Thursday
morning, Mr. Hope was planning on taking a trip to Trinidad.

The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock, from the family
residence, 3315 West Thirty-second Avenue.  The office of the state engineer
will be closed all day, out of respect to the deceased.

Mr. Hope was about 40 years old, and had been in Colorado a number of years.
He was born in England and learned the trade of a machinist.  He came to
this country twenty years ago.  When he first came to Denver, Mr. Hope was
the mechanic for the Joslin Dry Goods Company.  It was while he was there
that he met his wife, who was a clerk in the store.  Mrs. Hope is a sister
of Stanley Stokes, an old-time newspaperman of Denver.  She is left with
five children.

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