John Joseph Hope Published Wednesday May 10, 2006, Herald & News, Klamath Falls, Oregon John Joseph Hope, 94, died May 6, 2006, of natural causes in Klamath Falls with members of his family at his bedside. A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. today in Davenport's Chapel of the Good Shepherd with Pastor Grant Fall officiating. Interment will be at Bedfield Cemetery in Poe Valley. Mr. Hope was born Aug. 13, 1911, in Sheriton, Iowa. When he was 6 months old, the family moved to Montana and in 1918 to Surprise Valley. He went to school in Eagleville and attended high school in Cedarville. He loved horses and learned to farm when horses were used for pulling all the equipment in planting and harvesting crops. He enjoyed school and learning about history. However, he quit high school after two years and worked as a cowboy for Otto Van Norman. He was on horseback a third of the time, herding cattle on ranches throughout California and Nevada - and said he loved every minute of it. Mr. Hope worked on the ranches from 1929 until about 1935 when he and another man leased the Lost River Ranch in Poe Valley and farmed it with three six-horse teams. Around that time, he married for the first time and in 1938 had his first son, James Hope. He continued working at various jobs, including timber falling for a number of years, before his marriage ended. In 1947, he was in Klamath Falls preparing to leave for California as a timber faller when he met Pauline "Polly" Nichol and they were married in Oct. 1948. While they were managing an apartment house in Klamath Falls, Mr. Hope was the second man hired at a new mill called Modoc Lumber Co. They continued living in Klamath Falls for three years, then purchased 10 acres and an extra horse in Gresham. They later returned to Klamath Falls and he went back to working at Modoc Lumber Co. Their daughter Debby was born in 1954 and their son Paul in 1958. He retired as log yard foreman at the lumber company at the age of 65. He was an avid fisherman and loved the outdoors. When his children were growing up, he liked to photograph them and his wife. The entire family was involved in church and other community activities. Survivors include his sons and daughters-in-law Paul and Mary Hope of Klamath Falls and Jim and Emy Hope of Eugene; daughter and son-in-law Debby and Marshall Curran of Klamath Falls; grandchildren Darci and Dave Gittings, Joseph Hope, and Justin and Savanah Hope; great-grandchildren Kayla, Jordan, Adin, Jacob, Kiara and Alan; sister-in-law Lois Hornback of Gilchrist; and numerous other relatives. His wife preceded him in death last June 22. ~~~~~~ Billie C. & Anita 'Jean' Reynolds Family Researcher of "The Last Frontier" Modoc County, California --- Our outgoing mail is checked by avast! AntiVirus. Avast! Is Free To Home Users.