Harvey G. Hope ¹

  General Notes:

At the time of the 1930 census, Harvey was lot man for the railroad in Colorado County, Texas. The family lived with his wife's parents. Harvey's parents were born in Texas.

HARVEY G. HOPE, RETIRED SP EMPLOYEE, DIES SUDDENLY

Last rites for Harvey G. Hope of Glidden were held in Untermeyer Funeral home Friday afternoon, the Rev. Jon Ryan of Houston officiating, assisted by the Rev. A. J. Pate of Columbus. Burial was in Odd Fellows Rest cemetery. Mr. Hope, retired Southern Pacific railroad switchman, died suddenly at his home early thursday morning. He would have been 71 Sunday (Sept 30). Born in Columbus Sept. 30, 1891, he was a son of Marion and Ella Farmer Hope. He was married to Miss Ethel Obenhaus June 27, 1917. A veteran of 44 years' service with Southern Pacific, he was retired Sept 30, 1957, when his fellow workers got together and gave him an easy chair. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, from which he had received a 45-year pin; of the Masonic lodge and the Eastern Star. Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. William Wall Witmer of Houston; 3 grandchildren; a brother, Elmo Hope of Baldwin, La., and 3 sisters, Mrs. Nan Eli, San Diego, Calif., Mrs. Thelma Sawyer of Houston and Mrs. W. W. Sutherland of Rosenberg. All were at the service except Mrs. Eli. Pallbearers were Elmer and Lislie Kelly and A. Dowdle, Houston; T. W. Glithero, Columbus, and I. M. Foley, J. T. Johnston, G. P. Wilburn and Frank Haynes of Glidden.

Colorado County Citizen, October 4, 1962
Submitted by David Hahn

Harvey married Ethel J. Obenhaus, daughter of Walter Edward Obenhaus and Nola Leona Thomas, on 27 Jun 1917. (Ethel J. Obenhaus was born on 20 Oct 1898 in Texas ^{3 4} and died on 17 Jul 2000 ⁴.)