Billings Gazette, Tuesday April 22, 2003 pg 4C
Alta Ann Copple Hoke
BRIDGER - Alta Ann Copple Hoke passed away at the Beartooth Long Term Care facility in Red Lodge on Thursday, April 17, 2003, at the age of 102. She was born on Aug. 21, 1900, in Lowe, Kan., the second of 10 children born to John Wesley and Elizabeth Baker Copple. She lived for the first 13 years of her life in Kansas and Oklahoma, near both sets of her grandparents, and has recounted a very happy childhood. In 1913, she and her family emigrated to Montana to homestead near Malta.
Even though Alta achieved only an eighth grade education, she taught at a country school near Malta the very fall after she had completed the eighth grade there. She met her future husband, Jesse Lee Hoke, soon after arriving in Montana, as he had come with his family to Montana to homestead also. They were married in 1919, soon after Jesse came home from the army after WWI. Eight children were born to them.
The early years of their marriage were spent on the homestead, working at a sheep camp near Heart Mountain, Wyo., and later Jesse worked as a teamster at a coal mine in Washoe. In 1933 they moved to a farm near Belfry. They lived there until 1955, when they moved to a ranch near Roundup, where Jesse passed away in 1967. Alta continued to live on the ranch and raise horses until 1996, when she moved to Bridger to be near her family. Alta continued to maintain her own home until two years ago, when at the age of 100, it became necessary for her to enter a nursing home.
Alta has always been known as a hard worker. She worked hard on the homestead, cooked for the men at the sheep camp, helped her husband in the fields on the farm and always took very good care of her family. Alta was also known to be thrifty. Her motto was "Use up, wear out, make do, or do without."
Alta was also known as a cheerful, fun-loving person, with an endless love for her family and extended family. She loved to play cards and did up until a few days before her death. In earlier years, she sewed, worked in her garden, was a great cook, rode horses and always managed a cheerful attractive home, even though circumstances might be dire financially. She loved to have guests and visit with friends. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which she was active in earlier years, the American Legion Auxiliary, the Bridger Senior Citizens, and through the years, various card and homemaking clubs.
Alta is preceded in death by her husband Jesse; son Lee; daughter Lillie Hoke Brown; her parents; nine brothers and sisters; one step-brother; one grandchild; and five great-grandchildren. She is survived by six children, Thelma Bailey of Salt Lake City, Bud Hoke of Sheridan, Wyo., Dora (Clarence) Jackson of Belfry, Dolly (Ralph) Yates of Frannie, Wyo., Mickey Thiel of Bridger, Charles (Cheryl) Hoke of Darby; 39 grandchildren; 66 great-grandchildren; 133 great-great-grandchildren; and one great-great-great-grandchild. And many, many extended family. She was grandma to everyone.
Alta was loved dearly, and she will be missed by many.
Visitation will be at Smith-Olcott Funeral Home in Red Lodge from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22. Viewing will also be from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Belfry on Wednesday, Apri1 23, followed by the funeral at 11 a.m. in the church. Interment will follow at the Belfry Cemetery. Memorials may be offered to the Senior Citizen organization in Bridger.
Alta Ann Copple Hoke
BRIDGER - Alta Ann Copple Hoke passed away at the Beartooth Long Term Care facility in Red Lodge on Thursday, April 17, 2003, at the age of 102. She was born on Aug. 21, 1900, in Lowe, Kan., the second of 10 children born to John Wesley and Elizabeth Baker Copple. She lived for the first 13 years of her life in Kansas and Oklahoma, near both sets of her grandparents, and has recounted a very happy childhood. In 1913, she and her family emigrated to Montana to homestead near Malta.
Even though Alta achieved only an eighth grade education, she taught at a country school near Malta the very fall after she had completed the eighth grade there. She met her future husband, Jesse Lee Hoke, soon after arriving in Montana, as he had come with his family to Montana to homestead also. They were married in 1919, soon after Jesse came home from the army after WWI. Eight children were born to them.
The early years of their marriage were spent on the homestead, working at a sheep camp near Heart Mountain, Wyo., and later Jesse worked as a teamster at a coal mine in Washoe. In 1933 they moved to a farm near Belfry. They lived there until 1955, when they moved to a ranch near Roundup, where Jesse passed away in 1967. Alta continued to live on the ranch and raise horses until 1996, when she moved to Bridger to be near her family. Alta continued to maintain her own home until two years ago, when at the age of 100, it became necessary for her to enter a nursing home.
Alta has always been known as a hard worker. She worked hard on the homestead, cooked for the men at the sheep camp, helped her husband in the fields on the farm and always took very good care of her family. Alta was also known to be thrifty. Her motto was "Use up, wear out, make do, or do without."
Alta was also known as a cheerful, fun-loving person, with an endless love for her family and extended family. She loved to play cards and did up until a few days before her death. In earlier years, she sewed, worked in her garden, was a great cook, rode horses and always managed a cheerful attractive home, even though circumstances might be dire financially. She loved to have guests and visit with friends. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which she was active in earlier years, the American Legion Auxiliary, the Bridger Senior Citizens, and through the years, various card and homemaking clubs.
Alta is preceded in death by her husband Jesse; son Lee; daughter Lillie Hoke Brown; her parents; nine brothers and sisters; one step-brother; one grandchild; and five great-grandchildren. She is survived by six children, Thelma Bailey of Salt Lake City, Bud Hoke of Sheridan, Wyo., Dora (Clarence) Jackson of Belfry, Dolly (Ralph) Yates of Frannie, Wyo., Mickey Thiel of Bridger, Charles (Cheryl) Hoke of Darby; 39 grandchildren; 66 great-grandchildren; 133 great-great-grandchildren; and one great-great-great-grandchild. And many, many extended family. She was grandma to everyone.
Alta was loved dearly, and she will be missed by many.
Visitation will be at Smith-Olcott Funeral Home in Red Lodge from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22. Viewing will also be from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Belfry on Wednesday, Apri1 23, followed by the funeral at 11 a.m. in the church. Interment will follow at the Belfry Cemetery. Memorials may be offered to the Senior Citizen organization in Bridger.
Billings Gazette, Tuesday April 22, 2003 pg 4C
Alta Ann Copple Hoke
BRIDGER - Alta Ann Copple Hoke passed away at the Beartooth Long Term Care facility in Red Lodge on Thursday, April 17, 2003, at the age of 102. She was born on Aug. 21, 1900, in Lowe, Kan., the second of 10 children born to John Wesley and Elizabeth Baker Copple. She lived for the first 13 years of her life in Kansas and Oklahoma, near both sets of her grandparents, and has recounted a very happy childhood. In 1913, she and her family emigrated to Montana to homestead near Malta.
Even though Alta achieved only an eighth grade education, she taught at a country school near Malta the very fall after she had completed the eighth grade there. She met her future husband, Jesse Lee Hoke, soon after arriving in Montana, as he had come with his family to Montana to homestead also. They were married in 1919, soon after Jesse came home from the army after WWI. Eight children were born to them.
The early years of their marriage were spent on the homestead, working at a sheep camp near Heart Mountain, Wyo., and later Jesse worked as a teamster at a coal mine in Washoe. In 1933 they moved to a farm near Belfry. They lived there until 1955, when they moved to a ranch near Roundup, where Jesse passed away in 1967. Alta continued to live on the ranch and raise horses until 1996, when she moved to Bridger to be near her family. Alta continued to maintain her own home until two years ago, when at the age of 100, it became necessary for her to enter a nursing home.
Alta has always been known as a hard worker. She worked hard on the homestead, cooked for the men at the sheep camp, helped her husband in the fields on the farm and always took very good care of her family. Alta was also known to be thrifty. Her motto was "Use up, wear out, make do, or do without."
Alta was also known as a cheerful, fun-loving person, with an endless love for her family and extended family. She loved to play cards and did up until a few days before her death. In earlier years, she sewed, worked in her garden, was a great cook, rode horses and always managed a cheerful attractive home, even though circumstances might be dire financially. She loved to have guests and visit with friends. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which she was active in earlier years, the American Legion Auxiliary, the Bridger Senior Citizens, and through the years, various card and homemaking clubs.
Alta is preceded in death by her husband Jesse; son Lee; daughter Lillie Hoke Brown; her parents; nine brothers and sisters; one step-brother; one grandchild; and five great-grandchildren. She is survived by six children, Thelma Bailey of Salt Lake City, Bud Hoke of Sheridan, Wyo., Dora (Clarence) Jackson of Belfry, Dolly (Ralph) Yates of Frannie, Wyo., Mickey Thiel of Bridger, Charles (Cheryl) Hoke of Darby; 39 grandchildren; 66 great-grandchildren; 133 great-great-grandchildren; and one great-great-great-grandchild. And many, many extended family. She was grandma to everyone.
Alta was loved dearly, and she will be missed by many.
Visitation will be at Smith-Olcott Funeral Home in Red Lodge from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22. Viewing will also be from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Belfry on Wednesday, Apri1 23, followed by the funeral at 11 a.m. in the church. Interment will follow at the Belfry Cemetery. Memorials may be offered to the Senior Citizen organization in Bridger.
Alta Ann Copple Hoke
BRIDGER - Alta Ann Copple Hoke passed away at the Beartooth Long Term Care facility in Red Lodge on Thursday, April 17, 2003, at the age of 102. She was born on Aug. 21, 1900, in Lowe, Kan., the second of 10 children born to John Wesley and Elizabeth Baker Copple. She lived for the first 13 years of her life in Kansas and Oklahoma, near both sets of her grandparents, and has recounted a very happy childhood. In 1913, she and her family emigrated to Montana to homestead near Malta.
Even though Alta achieved only an eighth grade education, she taught at a country school near Malta the very fall after she had completed the eighth grade there. She met her future husband, Jesse Lee Hoke, soon after arriving in Montana, as he had come with his family to Montana to homestead also. They were married in 1919, soon after Jesse came home from the army after WWI. Eight children were born to them.
The early years of their marriage were spent on the homestead, working at a sheep camp near Heart Mountain, Wyo., and later Jesse worked as a teamster at a coal mine in Washoe. In 1933 they moved to a farm near Belfry. They lived there until 1955, when they moved to a ranch near Roundup, where Jesse passed away in 1967. Alta continued to live on the ranch and raise horses until 1996, when she moved to Bridger to be near her family. Alta continued to maintain her own home until two years ago, when at the age of 100, it became necessary for her to enter a nursing home.
Alta has always been known as a hard worker. She worked hard on the homestead, cooked for the men at the sheep camp, helped her husband in the fields on the farm and always took very good care of her family. Alta was also known to be thrifty. Her motto was "Use up, wear out, make do, or do without."
Alta was also known as a cheerful, fun-loving person, with an endless love for her family and extended family. She loved to play cards and did up until a few days before her death. In earlier years, she sewed, worked in her garden, was a great cook, rode horses and always managed a cheerful attractive home, even though circumstances might be dire financially. She loved to have guests and visit with friends. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in which she was active in earlier years, the American Legion Auxiliary, the Bridger Senior Citizens, and through the years, various card and homemaking clubs.
Alta is preceded in death by her husband Jesse; son Lee; daughter Lillie Hoke Brown; her parents; nine brothers and sisters; one step-brother; one grandchild; and five great-grandchildren. She is survived by six children, Thelma Bailey of Salt Lake City, Bud Hoke of Sheridan, Wyo., Dora (Clarence) Jackson of Belfry, Dolly (Ralph) Yates of Frannie, Wyo., Mickey Thiel of Bridger, Charles (Cheryl) Hoke of Darby; 39 grandchildren; 66 great-grandchildren; 133 great-great-grandchildren; and one great-great-great-grandchild. And many, many extended family. She was grandma to everyone.
Alta was loved dearly, and she will be missed by many.
Visitation will be at Smith-Olcott Funeral Home in Red Lodge from 7 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22. Viewing will also be from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Belfry on Wednesday, Apri1 23, followed by the funeral at 11 a.m. in the church. Interment will follow at the Belfry Cemetery. Memorials may be offered to the Senior Citizen organization in Bridger.
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