Lois W. Hopkins

Lois Hopkins, age 90 of Hastings, Michigan passed away Friday January 4, 2008 at Thornapple Manor. Mrs. Hopkins was born January 20, 1917 in Meriden, Ct. She was the daughter of Harold and Grace (Illingworth) Wheatley. She was raised in Meriden and graduated from Meriden High School in 1934. She attended Colby Junior College, then received her B.A. degree from Goucher College in Baltimore, Md. in 1938. She later earned her M.A. in Education from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. She married John Hopkins on February 10, 1940 in Meriden, Ct. They moved to Muskegon, Michigan and then to Hastings in 1946. Mrs. Hopkins taught in the Hastings School System for twenty two years. She began her teaching in the fifth and sixth grades, then moved to the Junior High School where she taught English and Mythology. She served several years as the head of the English Department. She was a member of the National and Michigan Education Associations, the Hastings Women's Club, and the First Presbyterian Church and Mary Martha Circle. Mrs. Hopkins was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Robert and her husband, John. She is survived by her daughter, Suzan and her husband Olaf Jordan of Gainsville, Florida, a son Jock and his wife Ameila Hopkins of Bohbarough, Massachusetts, a granddaughter, Sara and husband Chris Teasley, and a grandson Andrew Jordan of Kansas City, Missouri. Memorial contributions can be made to the First Presbyterian Church, The Hastings Public Library, Barry County Commission on Aging or Charity of One's Choice. Memorial services will be held Wednesday January 9, 2008 at 1:30 pm at the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. Rev. Jeff Garrison and Rev. Willard Curtis officiating. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net).