COLUMBIA CITY — Michael R. Hoppus, age 59, of Columbia City, Indiana, and formerly of Warsaw, passed away on Saturday, August 9, 2014, at 9:15 p.m. at Miller's Merry Manor in Warsaw, Indiana. He was born on March 10, 1955, to Robert and Doreathea (Smith) Hoppus in Warsaw, Indiana. On December 31, 1992, he married Shelia Brown. She survives. He worked seven years for the Warsaw Street Department, seven years for the Warsaw Wastewater Treatment Facility, and then for Leesburg Tractor Parts. He loved fishing, hunting, boating, and watching all types of racing. He collected Coleman lanterns. Surviving are his wife, Shelia; two children, Bobby Hoppus, of Galveston, Texas, and Amber (Evan) Morgan of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; one grandson, Wyatt Morgan; four siblings, Nancy Webster of Washington, D.C., Cynthia Fiedeke of Warsaw, Mark Hoppus of Milford, and Eddie (Lisa) Hoppus of Packerton, Indiana; and nine nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held in Mr. Hoppus's honor on Friday, August 15, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Yeager Funeral Home with Pastor Byron Kaiser officiating. A private cremation committal will take place at Legacy Cremation and Remembrance Center. There will be a time of visitation today, Thursday, August 14, 2014, from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. and one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be directed to the Crosswalk Church, Ligonier, Indiana. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.yeagerfuneralhome.com.