Joseph William Hoppe, 70
A retired member of the New York Highway Patrol and a member of the Lutheran Church, he served his country in the U.S. Army in the Korean War.
The son of William and Sylvia Switzkofski Hoppe, he was preceded in death by his wife, Frances Rafinski.
He is survived by sister, Sylvia Durand of McMinnville; brothers, Robert Hoppe of Virginia, William Hoppe of Pennsylvania and Theodore Hoppe of Vermont.
Services will be held at High’s with burial to follow at DeKalb Memorial Gardens at times to be announced.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) Jan. 28, 2005