George S. Hoopes, 52, Spring Township, died of natural causes Dec. 22 after being stricken at Metropolitan Edison Co., Muhlenberg Township, where he was employed for 22 years as a systems analyst.
He was the husband of Lisa (Moore) Hoopes.
Born in Reading, he was a son of John H. Hoopes, Douglassville, and the late Jane C. (Barnett) Hoopes.
Hoopes was a 1970 graduate of Daniel Boone High School and a 1974 graduate of Drexel University, Philadelphia, with a bachelor's degree in physics. He received a master's degree in meteorology from Pennsylvania State University in 1978.
He was a member of West Lawn United Methodist Church.
Hoopes was a keyboard and piano player with the band, The Bourbons, for 36 years in the Pottstown area.
He is also survived by a son, Preston J., at home.
Other survivors include a sister, Adele S. (Hoopes) Klein, Douglassville.
Services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. in the West Lawn UM Church. Viewing 5 -9 pm Monday evening in Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home, Inc., West Reading. Burial will be in Laureldale Cemetery, Tuckerton. Contributions may be made to: Preston Hoopes Scholarship Fund C/O Morgan Stanley 2610 Keiser Blvd. Wyomissing,PA 19610. Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home Inc., West Reading, is in charge of arrangements.
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