Christine was an active member of the Lutheran Church her entire life and a faithful servant of Christ. She enjoyed playing the clarinet for San Jacinto High School and the University of Houston bands and orchestras. She taught typing/keyboarding to generations of students at HISD schools. She married M.W. “Wally” Hoppe on December 2, 1950 at St. Matthew Lutheran Church.
Christine was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and brother, Wallace Roos. She is survived by six daughters, Susan Gaynor and husband John, Emelia “Mimi” Wolf and husband David, Virginia Haapoja, Diane Young and husband John, Linda McArthur and husband Mike, and Cynthia Zieschang and husband Michael; sister, Ruth “WooWoo” Roos Norris; brother, A. E. Roos, Jr. and wife Suzanne; thirteen grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren, nephews, nieces and cousins.
Visitation will be held from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Thursday, June 29, 2017 at Earthman Bellaire Funeral Home, 4525 Bissonnet St., Bellaire, TX. Funeral Service will be held at 10:00 am, Friday, June 30, 2017 at Pilgrim Lutheran Church, 8601 Chimney Rock, Houston, TX 77096. Interment will follow at 2:00 pm at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery.
Memorials may be made in honor of Christine to the Pilgrim Lutheran Ministries.
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