Agnes Hopke

SCOTT CITY, Mo. -- Agnes Wilhelmina Hopke, 98, of Scott City died Thursday, March 14, 2002, at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Dec. 8, 1903, in Graysboro, Mo., daughter of Axel Tycho and Hannah Grant Davis Kjer. She and George Adolph "Doc" Hopke were married Aug. 11, 1925. He died May 30, 1955.

Hopke received a teaching certificate in 1924. She taught at Illmo Grade School, had been a cook on riverboats, and with her husband operated the Kroger Store and then owned and operated the IGA Store.

She was a member of Illmo Baptist Church and had been a Sunday school teacher.

Survivors include a son, Yense Hopke of Austin, Texas; a sister, Fanny Kjer of Scott City; a grandchild; and a great-grandchild.

Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City from 5 to 7 p.m. today.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the chapel, with the Rev. Dennis Bell officiating. Burial will be in Lightner Memorial Cemetery.