Melody-Hopper-Obituary

Melody Hopper

Gobles, Michigan

03/12/1948 - 07/19/2025

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July 19, 2025
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Gobles, Michigan

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Melody Hopper, age 77, of Gobles, passed away on Saturday, July 19, 2025, at Kauhale Assisted Living, with her family by her side. Melody was born March 12, 1948, in Kalamazoo, the daughter of the late Lemoyne and Virginia Burch. Melody graduated from Kalamazoo Central in 1966 and spent most of...

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I´m sad to have read this. I was new to Gobles in the early seventies. I can´t really remember just how I met your mom, but she was the nicest person in the world. I thought of her often over the years I did not even know your dad had passed away. Linda Grybus I remember you too. I´m sorry you´ve lost such a good friend. I enjoyed learning about how you met and remained friends with Melody all these years. My condolences to all who knew and loved her. She was beautiful inside and out.

Mel and I have been best friends since we were 11 years old. We met at Northeastern Junior high in the 7th. grade. Luckily for me they sat us next to each other. That was when my life changed forever, I had a best friend. We went to the same church teen class and we were both married in that same church. We went to Kalamazoo Central and enjoyed just being teenagers, going to football games and going to slumbers parties with our friends. Later my husband Steve went into the Air force for 7...