Helen was a 1949 graduate of Chippewa High School. She married Lloyd J. Hoppes at the Roann Church of the Brethren on August 5, 1949. Helen was a phenomenal cook and was proud to have served lunches to almost all of her grandchildren as a Metro North Elementary School cook for 26 years. She was a faithful servant at Walk By Faith Community Church in Roann, for 70 years. She was a Sunday School teacher and led a Bible study group of her peers. Helen’s shoes have always stayed right beside her chair, so when her children stopped by to get her she was ready to go. She loved to attend sporting events at Northfield High School, go to town for a chocolate ice cream cone, attend a Red Hatter’s monthly meeting, and lunch with her siblings at Harvey Hinklemeyer’s every third Tuesday.
She is survived by her loving husband of 69 years, Lloyd J. Hoppes of Wabash, four children, Deborah (Roger) Cook, Craig (Tonya) Hoppes, Todd (Rachel) Hoppes, and Cathy (Greg) Montel, all of Wabash, 11 grandchildren, Stacy (Troy) Baer of Urbana, Indiana, Kelly (Kevin) Ross of Lagro, Indiana, Amy (Adam) Copeland of Wabash, Cari (Chris) Carmichael of Fort Wayne, Cameron (Melissa) Cook of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Caley (Jason) Eads of Corydon, Iowa, Courtney Cook, of Eagle Rock, California, Alesha (Austin Shepherd) Hoppes of Rochester, Indiana, Trent (Christin) Hoppes, Matthew Montel, and Joshua Montel, all of Wabash, Indiana, 16 great grandchildren, sisters and brothers, Betty McKillip, Donald “Doc” (Lois) Roser, Peggy Riggs, Marcella (Tom) Houlihan, Shirley Atkinson, Mary Alice (Fred) Reed, and Carolyn (Donald) Everest, all of Wabash, and Robert Roser, of Missouri. She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, Vern Roser, James Roser, Philip Dan Roser Jr., and four sisters, Martha Shaffer, Katherine Clupper, Ardith Smith, and Phoebe Ridenour.
Funeral services will be 10:30 am Friday, May 31, 2019 at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash, with Youth Pastor Jody Tyner officiating. Burial will be in Roann Community Cemetery, Roann. Friends may call 4-8pm Thursday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is F.I.S.H..
The memorial guest book for Helen may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.