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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Paul Anthony
Hope
April 9, 1926 – May 28, 2018
Paul Anthony Hope, 92, of Denton, passed away at his home surrounded by family on May 28, 2018. Paul was born on April 9, 1926 to James and Sue Ella (Mitchell) Hope in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from Adamson High School in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He later graduated from the University of Texas and Southern Methodist University with a M.B.A.
He married Veronica McKinnon on September 5, 1959 in Dallas. Paul worked for the Hunt Oil and Hunt Energy Corporations and other Hunt businesses as an accountant, Comptroller, and trustee for more than 40 years before his retirement.
He is survived by his wife Veronica; daughter Ann Boodt of Denton; daughter and son-in law Joan Hope and Thomas Bannister of Florida; son and daughter-in law Joe and Adalgisa Hope of Houston; and grandchildren Emily Bannister, Mary Bannister, Nathaniel Bannister, Isaac Boodt, Christopher Hope, and Jacob Hope.
He is preceded in death by his mother and father; sisters Louise Hope, Marie Johnson, Loraine Kaercher, LaVerne Morrow, Wynona Hope, and Ramona Hope; and his brothers James Hope, who was killed in the Battle of Iwo Jima in WWII, and John Hope.
The family will receive friends at DeBerry Funeral Directors on Thursday, May 31, 2018 from 6-8 PM. A rosary will also be said beginning at 7:00 PM.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, June 1, 2018 at 10:30 AM at The Immaculate Conception Church in Denton, Texas with interment to follow at Roselawn Memorial Park.
Visitation
Bill DeBerry Funeral Directors
6:00 - 7:00 pm
Rosary
Bill DeBerry Funeral Directors
7:00 - 8:00 pm
Mass of Christian Burial
Starts at 10:30 am
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