This Day in History: 1940-08-12
When David Hopper came home from the Post Office at 4:30 he found that his wife Ann had collapsed in her garden. Dr. Edward Meyers of Mahwah was called immediately. He tried to revive her from what he diagnosed as a cerebral hemorrhage but he failed and pronounced her dead at about 8:00 PM. Funeral services were held on the 15th by Clarence Sloan Howard of the Reformed Church, who returned from his vacation to conduct the services. Mrs. Hopper was born in Spring Valley in 1872, the daughter of Albert Bogert and Catherine Alletta Zabriskie. She married David Hopper in 1898 and lived in Mahwah the rest of her life. Originally the couple lived in the home later owned by David Meyers on Franklin Turnpike until they moved to a new home on East Ramapo Avenue. In addition to her husband, she was survived by a son, three daughters, four grandchildren, and two brothers, Albert Bogert, a former Freeholder and officer of the People’s Trust in Hackensack, and Charles Bogert of River Edge. (Bristow)