Saturday, December 30, 2017
Aunt Pat was such a sweet and gentle lady. John was my fathers brother (dad passed away on November 8 of this year at the age of 96). Since John and Pat had no children of their own, they pretty much spoiled the nieces and nephews whenever possible.... their gifts were always highly antiscipated because they were so unusual ... a telephone operators consol, a B.B. gun, etc. in 1965, the whole family — Hoppe’s, Hicks and more — went to the Worlds Fair in NY. An amazing adventure! Pat and John often visited chattanooga and knoxville when we were younger... John and Pat came to see my band a couple of times when I traveled (Kentucky, other states too)... I visited their home in Spencerport in the late 70’s, and got to see Rochester and Kodak landmarks ... as well as view their basement where John’s Kodak archives and related stories dwelled... about 10 years ago, pat sent me a hymn that my grandfather (a Methodist minister) had written... it meant the world to me. Jon Hoppe, Chattanooga
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