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Dr. Cluff E. Hopla

December 28, 1917 — October 30, 2008

Dr Cluff E. Hopla, age 90, of 142 Hunter Dr., Martin TN, died Thursday, 10/30/2008, at Volunteer Community Hospital.

The family will receive friends on Sunday, November 2, 2008, at Murphy Funeral Home; 3:00 P.M. until 5:00 P.M.

The funeral service will be Thursday 11/06/2008,with Graveside Services at 2:00PM at Evergreen Cemetery, Springville, Utah. Wheeler Mortuary is in charge of arrangements there; 801-489-6021.

Dr Hopla was retired professor & Chairman of Zoology Department at the University of Oklahoma for 15 years. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Dr. Hopla is survived by a daughter, Dr Anna Hopla, of Martin TN, two sons; Dr Richard Earl Hopla, Cranston RI, and Dr Dan Michael Hopla, Florence, SC; two grandchildren; Michael John Hopla, Florence SC, and Allister Edwin Wilton, Memphis TN;
and three sisters; Lenore Durrant, Carmel CA, Carmen Harris, Provo Utah, and Renee Dove, St George Utah.

Dr Hopla was preceeded in death by his wife, Moyra Ullock Hopla, his parents, David & Lilly Elizabeth Erickson Hopla, and a brother, William Robert Hopla.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Department of Zoology Excellence Fund, fund number 33167 through the O U Foundation.

Department of Zoology,
Univ of Oklahoma,
att Bill Matthews,
730 Van Vleet Oval,
Norman OK 73019

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