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Clarence William (Tilly) Hopper, Jr., was born on 2 December 1914 in South Bend, St. Joseph, Indiana. He and Grace Mary Cripe were married on 5 August 1938 in Lake County, Indiana. He died on 16 September 1998, at age 83, in New Carlisle, St. Joseph, Indiana.

Clarence W. Hopper
Dec 2. 1914 - Sept 16, 1998
NEW CARLISLE - Clarence W. "Tilly" Hopper, 83, of Miller's Merry Manor Nursing Home, formerly of E. County Road 1000 North, passed away at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 16 in the nursing home.

Mr. Hopper was born on Dec 2, 1914 in South Bend, Ind. to Clarence and Bess (Brown) Hopper, both of whom preceded him in death. He had resided in Carlisle, Ind., for 20 years, coming from Walkerton, Ind.

Mr. Hopper retired in 1970, as a machinist with the Allis Chalmers Corporation after 35 years of employment.

On Aug. 5, 1938, he married the former G. Mary Cripe, who survives.

He is also survived by two sons, Robert A. Hopper of Dallas, Texasand William L. (Nancy) Hopper of Oxford, N.C.; and by two granddaughters, Paula and Cheryl Hopper, both of Oxford, N.C.

Mr. Hopper was a United States Marine Corps veteran of World War II.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday in the Maple Grove United Methodist Church, 6655 E. County Road 1000 North, New Carlisle, with Rev. David Wm. Widmoyer officiating. Cremation will follow.