Yvette Hoppe

YVETTE HOPPE, age 95, of Merrillville passed away on Tuesday, April 7, 2020.

From Leernes, Belgium, survivor of World War II and traveler of several countries.  She revered in the French culture by organizing a French club, teaching the French language, and cooking French cuisine.  She lived life with pride, support, and dignity.  Yvette was resilient and truly appreciated by a multitude of close friends.

This life departed and joins her beloved husband: Richard; daughters: Myriam and Yvette Vivian; and son: Edward who all precede her in death.

At Rest Calumet Park Cemetery in the Meditation Pond Columbarium.  Arrangements handled by Pruzin Brothers Funeral Service.

Words from a friend:

Mother to Son  –  Langston Hughes

Well, son, I’ll tell you:

Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

It’s had tacks in it,

And splinters,

And boards torn up,

And places with no carpet on the floor—

Bare.

But all the time

I’se been a-climbin’ on,

And reachin’ landin’s,

And turnin’ corners,

And sometimes goin’ in the dark

Where there ain’t been no light.

So boy, don’t you turn back.

Don’t you set down on the steps

’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.

Don’t you fall now—

For I’se still goin’, honey,

I’se still climbin’,

And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

23^rd Psalm

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He makes me to lie down in green pastures.

He leads me beside still waters.

He restores my soul.

He leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,

I will fear no evil,

For you are with m;

Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;

You anoint my head with oil;

My cup overflows.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the says of my life,

And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.