Joseph Hotop

PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Joseph A. Hotop, 73, of St. Louis died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2005, at his home.

He was born in Perry County, son of Alphonse and Rose Webster Hotop. He and Irene Eftink were married July 20, 1957, at Oran, Mo.

Hotop was a 1950 graduate of Perryville High School. He retired from Lindbergh School District as grounds foreman in 1991.

He served two years in the National Guard and in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1956.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Ed and Roger Hotop of St. Louis; two daughters, Susan Jarrett of St. Louis, Linda Long of Topeka, Kan.; four brothers, Herbert, Clyde and Ruben Hotop of Perryville, Robert Hotop of Cape Girardeau; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a brother.

Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. today at St. Simon Catholic Church in St. Louis. Entombment will be in Mount Hope Mausoleum.

Announcement courtesy of Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel in Cape Girardeau.