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| Name |
Boyer, Merian |
| Gender |
Female |
| Residence |
25 Aug 1960 |
Petaluma, Sonoma County, California, USA  [1] |
| Died |
Unknown |
| Person ID |
I54787 |
Sackett |
| Last Modified |
4 Aug 2019 |
| Father |
Boyer, Jerome, b. Abt 1883, Tamaqua Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA , d. Unknown |
| Mother |
Camm, Edna C., b. 26 Jan 1884, Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, USA , d. 10 May 1964, Napa, Napa County, California, USA (Age 80 years) |
| Children |
3 children |
| | 1. Boyer, Josephine Louise, b. 31 Oct 1910, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil , d. 9 Feb 1998 (Age 87 years) | | | 2. Boyer, Nadine H., b. 24 Feb 1914, Petaluma, Sonoma County, California, USA , d. 10 Nov 1973, Los Angeles County, California, USA (Age 59 years) | | | 3. Boyer, Merian, d. Unknown |
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| Family ID |
F20948 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Residence - 25 Aug 1960 - Petaluma, Sonoma County, California, USA |
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- [S1619] Newspapers.com (Reliability: 3), 3 Aug 2019.
The Petaluma Argus-Courier (Petaluma, California), 26 Aug 1960, page 1
Hiram Hopkins Is Dead
Hiram Hopkins, one of Petaluma's best known citizens and longtime "Mr. Republican" of Sonoma County, died at 9:30 p.m. at a local hospital last night.
He was 80 years old and had been in failing health for a year.
Friends are invited to the funeral services Monday at 11 a.m. at the Parent Funeral Chapel under the auspices of Petaluma Lodge No. 180 F&AM. Inurnment will be held at Cypress Hill Crematory.
Mr. Hopkins was born in 1879 at the site of the present City Hal1. He attended Hill School on Oak and Walnut streets and the B Street School. He graduated from Petaluma High School with the class of 1897, the first four year equating class in the history of the school. There were three members of the class.
Following his high school graduation he came to work for the Petaluma Argus where he was in charge of circulation and did some reporting and typesetting. He and his brother Willett shared the circulation responsibility as Willett delivered papers by horseback with Hiram using a bicycle.
His service at the Argus predated the purchase of the newspaper by the Olmsted family in 1900. In the past few years he had termed himself the last living "thing" that survived of what the Olmsted Company took over when the family bought the Petaluma Argus.
He left the Argus in January 1901 to become clerk for Assemblyman Frank Cromwell of Petaluma in the State Legislature. He returned to Petaluma later in the year and went to work for the
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HOPKINS
G. P. McNear Co.
He was employed by the McNear Co. for 57 years, retiring when the company combined with the Golden Eagle Co. in 1958. He started as a salesman, later became truck dispatcher and then was advertising manager for many years.
Many Petalumans have fond memories of him bringing around the calendar for the new year each December. He was just as consistent as Santa Claus coming around about the same time each year with the traditional large calendar.
Mr. Hopkins was active for years in the Republican Party and eventually came to be regarded as Mr. Republican of Sonoma County. He served as chairman for the party for many years.
Mr. Hopkins was the husband of Edna C. Hopkins and the father of Mrs. Alice Veronda of Petaluma and the late Hiram P. Hopkins. He was also the stepfather of Mrs. Marian Hinson of Petaluma, Mrs, Nadine Crawford of Grenada Hills near Los Angeles, and Mrs. Josephine Ludden of Ceres in Stanislaus County. He was the grandfather of Walter Wright III of Berkeley and Lona Wright of Petaluma. He was the brother of Willett Hopkins of Petaluma and the late Mrs. Gertrude White and Mrs. Charlotte Cullen.
Mr. Hopkins was past master of Petaluma Lodge No. 180, F&AM, a member of Petaluma Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. Mt. Olivet Commandery, Knights Templar, Royal Select Masters, Aahmes Shrine, Petaluma Chapter No. 61, Order of Eastern Star, past noble grand of Petaluma Lodge No. 30 IOOF and past chief patriarch of the Relief Encampment.
Note: A funeral notice on page 3 repeats much of this information and adds that death occurred "in this city" (meaning Petaluma).
Researched by Ted Smith
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