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Graveside Service:
10:00 a.m. Tuesday November 12, 2019 at Old Union
Cemetery in Lincoln
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
Betty J. (Hopp) Gilmer, 78, passed
away at her home on November 5, 2019.
Betty was born on July 27, 1941 in Lincoln, daughter
of Arthur E. Hopp and Margaret D. Hopp Ireland. She
married William O. Gilmer Jr. on June 10. 1959 in
Lincoln. He preceded her in death on March 12, 1997.
Betty is survived by her daughters: Gloria J. Piera
of Florida, Debra S. Gilmer of Lincoln and Ethel M.
Spivey of Washington; fifteen grandchildren and
several great grandchildren.
Betty was the last of her immediate family, she was
preceded in death by her parents, one son: William
O. Gilmer Jr., one daughter: Sarah Jones, and two
brothers: Don and Harry Hopp.
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Betty worked at Dog and Suds, and
then Hotel Lincoln where she met her husband and
then become a homemaker for the rest of her life.
Betty’s grandfather William F. Hopp was the Lincoln
Police Chief and was on the Lincoln Fire Department.
Her family owned and operated the first dairy in
Logan County which was called Hopps’ Dairy. Betty
was a very selfless person who always helped others
in need and always put their needs before hers.
A graveside service for Betty will be held at 10:00
a.m. Tuesday November 12, 2019 at Old Union Cemetery
in Lincoln with Rev. Steve Owens officiating.
Memorials may be made in Betty’s name to Full Gospel
Evangelistic Center of Lincoln.
Services are entrusted to Fricke-Calvert-Schrader
Funeral Home in Lincoln.
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