Clayton Hopkins's obituary, Ogden Stateion, Lenawee County, Michigan



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SUBJECT: Obituary, Clayton P. Hopkins
SUBMITTER: Charles Paul Keller
EMAIL: Corpmiz@aol.com
DATE: Apr 26, 1999
SURNAMES: Hopkins

REV. HOPKINS
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U. B. MINISTER DIES AT HIS HOME SUDDENLY
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FUNERAL TODAY

Rev. Clayton P. Hopkins died suddenly at his home near Ogden Station, Mich.,
where he had been pastor of the Community church for a number of years.
Rev. Hopkins had conducted services in his church Sunday and appeared to
be in his usual health. Early Monday morning he was stricken and passed
away at 5 a.m. in that morning.

For 42 years Rev. Hopkins had held United Brethren pastorates. During his
work in the ministry he resided in Waseon and pastor of the United Brethren
church here at that time and at the North Dover United Brethren church.
Nearly all of his pastorates were in northern Ohio and southern Michigan.
He was a devoted worker in the Christian faith and lived true to that faith
and his preachings.

Rev. Hopkins was 78 years of age. He spent his boyhood days on his father's
farm in Amboy Township. He was desirous of obtaining a higher education
and through his own efforts he attended Old Fayette Normal in the '80's
and prepared himself for the profession of teaching. After fourteen years
of successful teaching in the public schools of Fulton county he entered
the Theological Seminary and completed the course. He devoted the rest
of his life working with young and old people building Christian faith
and character and a better society through the church organization of his
choosing.

Rev. Hopkins appreciated the old Fayette Normal and his schoolmates of
those early years. He enjoyed attending the annual reunion of those students
at Fayette, and the reunion of the students of the classes of Prof. Richardson
and Prof. Ward in Toledo. He was president at the reunion in Toledo last
summer.

He is survived by his wife, Julia, and his daughter, Mrs. Harlow Schomp,
Jasper, Mich.

The funeral services will be held at 3:30 o'clock this Thursday afternoon
at the church of his boyhood days, Mt. Pleasant U. B. church in Pike township.

(He was born in 1864 and died in 1943)