Clifford Duane "Cliff" Hoppus Obituary (1930

Clifford (Cliff) Hoppus passed away at the age of 93 on Sunday May 28th after a brief illness. He was born at home at his familys farm in Armstrong Iowa February 23, 1930. He was the youngest of 8 children, 6 boys and 2 girls. When he was about 6 weeks his father died at age 42 and the family was forced to leave the farm and live in town. His mother worked 2 jobs and his older siblings helped to support the family. Cliff served in the US navy from 1949 to 1952, which brought him to Southern California. Several years later he was introduced to Janet Hedrick by his niece Barbara Sloter. Cliff and Janet were married July 7, 1956 and were blessed with 2 children, Clifford Jr and Claire. They were happily married for close to 52 years until Janet passed in January 2008. Cliff has dearly missed Janet ever since and thought of her every day. Cliff was a wonderful husband and dad as well as a caring Grandpa to Justin and Siena Whipple. Cliff spent many years working in the aerospace industry in California and was able to retire at 55 and move to Utah, which he had grown to love after hunting in the area for over 20 years. That was close to 40 years ago and during that time both Cliff and Janet really enjoyed being involved in the Cedar City community and the Community Presbyterian church where they both were part of the planning committees, helped with vacation bible school, and served as Deacons of the church. Cliff also was the President of the Hospital auxiliary for several years and volunteered for the Utah Foster Care system As well. He was also very proud to be a Free Mason and part of the Scottish Rite and kept his membership up with both of these until he passed. Cliff loved almost all kinds of music, especially country and went to many concerts and shared the music he loved by making special tapes for family members and friends. The family home had large speakers throughout the house and he was known to dance occasionally to the enjoyment of his children and their friends. Cliff will be remembered as a very kind, caring, gracious and generous person who will be dearly missed by all that knew and loved him. There will be a memorial service held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday August 12th at the Community Presbyterian church in Cedar City. Service Details.