Mary Emma Hopkins
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| Emma and Orville Gossett |
Emma Hopkins was the youngest daughter of Barclay and Mary Ann Hopkins. She remained unmarried for many years, marrying Orville T. Gossett on August 25, 1928 at the age of 51. She lived with the Hopkins families in all the oil camps they worked in, finally settling in Eldorado and Wichita, Kansas. She was very close to her younger brother, Charley, and carried on a frequent correspondence with him. I have many letters from her to Charley, which he saved and included in the family treasures that have come down to me.
As the youngest children, it fell to her and Charley to look after their mother in her old age. This duty they faithfully and lovingly carried out. When that was no longer necessary, they both married.
Obituaries
In Memory of Emma M. Gossett
February 25, 1877 - March 12, 1962
Services: Downing Mortuary Chapel, Wichita, Kansas, March 14, 1962 at 2:00 p. m.
Clergyman: Rev. Charles M. Pomeroy, West Side Baptist Church
Soloist: Mrs. Gary Vaughn
Songs: Beyond The Sunset; Someday The Silver Cord Will Break
Organist: Mrs. Anne Allen
Casket Bearers: Howard Hopkins, Ralph Hopkins, Howard Gossett, Crandall Bradbury, Dolan Welsh, Elmer Woolsey
Interment: Highland Cemetery, 1001 N. Hillside
Orville Gossett
Funeral services for Orville T. Gossett, age 84 of 323 1/2 S. Dodge, will be held from the Downing mortuary chapel 1:30 Saturday afternoon, Rev. G. R. Gross officiating. Interment will be in Sunset cemetery, El Dorado, Kan.
Family Group Sheet
Wife: Mary Emma Hopkins died at age: 85
Born: 25-Feb-1877 in: Jay County, Indiana
Died: ??-Mar-1962 in: Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Buried in: Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Father: Barclay Brown Hopkins
Mother: Mary Ann Dailey
Husband: Orville T. Gossett
Married: 25-Aug-1928 in: Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas her age: 51
Died: aft 1933 in: Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Buried in: El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas
Occupation: Owned taxi service
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This file was last updated on 7/14/2004.