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Charlotte A. Hopes

7/13/1929 - 8/21/2002


Obituary


Charlotte Ann Hopes, 73, of Britt passed away Wednesday, Agust 21, 2002, at the Muse Norris Inpatient Unit, in Mason City, Iowa.

Charlotte, the daughter of Oscar and Gaylena (Hunt) Monson, was born July 13, 1929, at Marshalltown, Iowa.  As a baby the family moved to Garner and then to Wesley where she attended school through the 9th grade.  At the age of 14 the family moved to Mason City where she attended High School with the class of 1947.

Charlotte was united in marriage to James E. Hopes on February 12, 1949, at the Methodist Church in Wesley, Iowa.  She worked for the C & NW Railroad for 19 months at Eddyville, Iowa as the agent, Westview Care Center from 1979 to 1985, and Drake University 1985 to 1991.  Charlotte retired and moved back to Britt in 1993.

She is survived by two sons: Dennis and his wife, Diana Hopes of Sutherland, William and his wife, Patricia of Treynor; four grandchildren: Jennifer, Clay, Alex, and Jacob; two step-granddaughters: Julie and Carly; one sister Adrean Rasmussen of Garner; along with many nieces and nephews.

Charlotte was preceded in death by her husband James E. Hopes in 1972, a son Edward in 1997, her parents, one sister D'Loras Price in 1997, one brother in infancy.