True Republican, 2 April 1910
The sudden death of Miss Ella Bessie Hopkins, a Sycamore young lady loved and esteemed, at the home of her uncle, United States Senator Hopkins in Aurora, at an early hour on Wednesday morning of this week, was a great shock to her friends in Sycamore.
The following is from the Aurora News:
“One of the saddest tragedies of life occurred this morning at the home of Senator A. J. Hopkins, when his niece Bessie Hopkins, was found drowned in a cistern where she had wandered during a fit of temporary insanity.
The deceased had been an invalid for years, and her great suffering was more than a human body could endure. For the last past several months she has been undergoing treatment in a private sanitarium, and her mental and physical condition was so greatly improved that Senator Hopkins had her removed to his own home where she might have the best of attention during her convalescence.
Before retiring last night she showed signs of great contentment. She visited with the family until the usual retiring hour and went to her room in the best of spirits, after a pleasant good-night to her sister and the immediate members of the Hopkins household.
It was the thought of all that Miss Bessie was on the sure road to recovery. And the hopes of her friends were shared in by herself during conversations pertaining to her future. She was a strong character; she had vaulting ambitions beyond her human strength, but the body was too frail to sustain her and she destroyed that body during a temporary spell of melancholy."
Bessie Hopkins was beloved by all who knew her. Her beauty of character made her a favorite and her many friends will feel greatly shocked at her untimely death.
Ella Bessie Hopkins passed nearly her whole life in Sycamore where she attended the schools and was identified closely with the work of the Congregational church. She was of attractive personal appearance, good mind, pleasant disposition, and had many friends and admirers.
She was born on November 27, 1882, in DeKalb, and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hopkins. When she was a small child the family removed to Sycamore.
There are surviving, the mother, Mrs. J. E. Hopkins, three sisters, Mrs. L. E. Lloyd, Mrs. L. P. Hix and Miss Mae F. Hopkins, all residents of Sycamore: and two brothers, A. F. and J. E. Hopkins, both of Duluth, Minn.
The funeral services, were held, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hix in this city on Thursday afternoon, the pastor of the Congregational church, Rev. H. S. Roblee, officiating, and the remains were interred in Elmwood cemetery.
The sudden death of Miss Ella Bessie Hopkins, a Sycamore young lady loved and esteemed, at the home of her uncle, United States Senator Hopkins in Aurora, at an early hour on Wednesday morning of this week, was a great shock to her friends in Sycamore.
The following is from the Aurora News:
“One of the saddest tragedies of life occurred this morning at the home of Senator A. J. Hopkins, when his niece Bessie Hopkins, was found drowned in a cistern where she had wandered during a fit of temporary insanity.
The deceased had been an invalid for years, and her great suffering was more than a human body could endure. For the last past several months she has been undergoing treatment in a private sanitarium, and her mental and physical condition was so greatly improved that Senator Hopkins had her removed to his own home where she might have the best of attention during her convalescence.
Before retiring last night she showed signs of great contentment. She visited with the family until the usual retiring hour and went to her room in the best of spirits, after a pleasant good-night to her sister and the immediate members of the Hopkins household.
It was the thought of all that Miss Bessie was on the sure road to recovery. And the hopes of her friends were shared in by herself during conversations pertaining to her future. She was a strong character; she had vaulting ambitions beyond her human strength, but the body was too frail to sustain her and she destroyed that body during a temporary spell of melancholy."
Bessie Hopkins was beloved by all who knew her. Her beauty of character made her a favorite and her many friends will feel greatly shocked at her untimely death.
Ella Bessie Hopkins passed nearly her whole life in Sycamore where she attended the schools and was identified closely with the work of the Congregational church. She was of attractive personal appearance, good mind, pleasant disposition, and had many friends and admirers.
She was born on November 27, 1882, in DeKalb, and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hopkins. When she was a small child the family removed to Sycamore.
There are surviving, the mother, Mrs. J. E. Hopkins, three sisters, Mrs. L. E. Lloyd, Mrs. L. P. Hix and Miss Mae F. Hopkins, all residents of Sycamore: and two brothers, A. F. and J. E. Hopkins, both of Duluth, Minn.
The funeral services, were held, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hix in this city on Thursday afternoon, the pastor of the Congregational church, Rev. H. S. Roblee, officiating, and the remains were interred in Elmwood cemetery.
True Republican, 2 April 1910
The sudden death of Miss Ella Bessie Hopkins, a Sycamore young lady loved and esteemed, at the home of her uncle, United States Senator Hopkins in Aurora, at an early hour on Wednesday morning of this week, was a great shock to her friends in Sycamore.
The following is from the Aurora News:
“One of the saddest tragedies of life occurred this morning at the home of Senator A. J. Hopkins, when his niece Bessie Hopkins, was found drowned in a cistern where she had wandered during a fit of temporary insanity.
The deceased had been an invalid for years, and her great suffering was more than a human body could endure. For the last past several months she has been undergoing treatment in a private sanitarium, and her mental and physical condition was so greatly improved that Senator Hopkins had her removed to his own home where she might have the best of attention during her convalescence.
Before retiring last night she showed signs of great contentment. She visited with the family until the usual retiring hour and went to her room in the best of spirits, after a pleasant good-night to her sister and the immediate members of the Hopkins household.
It was the thought of all that Miss Bessie was on the sure road to recovery. And the hopes of her friends were shared in by herself during conversations pertaining to her future. She was a strong character; she had vaulting ambitions beyond her human strength, but the body was too frail to sustain her and she destroyed that body during a temporary spell of melancholy."
Bessie Hopkins was beloved by all who knew her. Her beauty of character made her a favorite and her many friends will feel greatly shocked at her untimely death.
Ella Bessie Hopkins passed nearly her whole life in Sycamore where she attended the schools and was identified closely with the work of the Congregational church. She was of attractive personal appearance, good mind, pleasant disposition, and had many friends and admirers.
She was born on November 27, 1882, in DeKalb, and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hopkins. When she was a small child the family removed to Sycamore.
There are surviving, the mother, Mrs. J. E. Hopkins, three sisters, Mrs. L. E. Lloyd, Mrs. L. P. Hix and Miss Mae F. Hopkins, all residents of Sycamore: and two brothers, A. F. and J. E. Hopkins, both of Duluth, Minn.
The funeral services, were held, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hix in this city on Thursday afternoon, the pastor of the Congregational church, Rev. H. S. Roblee, officiating, and the remains were interred in Elmwood cemetery.
The sudden death of Miss Ella Bessie Hopkins, a Sycamore young lady loved and esteemed, at the home of her uncle, United States Senator Hopkins in Aurora, at an early hour on Wednesday morning of this week, was a great shock to her friends in Sycamore.
The following is from the Aurora News:
“One of the saddest tragedies of life occurred this morning at the home of Senator A. J. Hopkins, when his niece Bessie Hopkins, was found drowned in a cistern where she had wandered during a fit of temporary insanity.
The deceased had been an invalid for years, and her great suffering was more than a human body could endure. For the last past several months she has been undergoing treatment in a private sanitarium, and her mental and physical condition was so greatly improved that Senator Hopkins had her removed to his own home where she might have the best of attention during her convalescence.
Before retiring last night she showed signs of great contentment. She visited with the family until the usual retiring hour and went to her room in the best of spirits, after a pleasant good-night to her sister and the immediate members of the Hopkins household.
It was the thought of all that Miss Bessie was on the sure road to recovery. And the hopes of her friends were shared in by herself during conversations pertaining to her future. She was a strong character; she had vaulting ambitions beyond her human strength, but the body was too frail to sustain her and she destroyed that body during a temporary spell of melancholy."
Bessie Hopkins was beloved by all who knew her. Her beauty of character made her a favorite and her many friends will feel greatly shocked at her untimely death.
Ella Bessie Hopkins passed nearly her whole life in Sycamore where she attended the schools and was identified closely with the work of the Congregational church. She was of attractive personal appearance, good mind, pleasant disposition, and had many friends and admirers.
She was born on November 27, 1882, in DeKalb, and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hopkins. When she was a small child the family removed to Sycamore.
There are surviving, the mother, Mrs. J. E. Hopkins, three sisters, Mrs. L. E. Lloyd, Mrs. L. P. Hix and Miss Mae F. Hopkins, all residents of Sycamore: and two brothers, A. F. and J. E. Hopkins, both of Duluth, Minn.
The funeral services, were held, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hix in this city on Thursday afternoon, the pastor of the Congregational church, Rev. H. S. Roblee, officiating, and the remains were interred in Elmwood cemetery.
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