SPRINGFIELD - Roy O. Hopkins, 77, of Springfield, formerly of Decatur, died Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007, in Apopka, Fla.
He was born Feb. 20, 1929, in Sullivan, the son of George Benjamin and Amy Scott Hopkins. He married Betty Lee Taylor in 1947; she died in 1988. He married Lois M. Deadmond Karch in 1988.
Mr. Hopkins served as a military police officer in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was an operator in the millhouse at A.E. Staley Co. He was a member and deacon of First Baptist Church in Springfield and volunteered for Fairhavens Christian Home.
Survivors: wife, Lois; son, Gene (wife, Linda) Hopkins of Decatur; stepdaughter, Deborah (husband, Jay) Dunning of Springfield; stepson, Cleve (wife, Karen) Karch of Charleston; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and sister, Alice Fisher of Tower Hill.
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, Dawson and Wikoff West Wood Street Funeral Home, Decatur. Burial: Harristown Cemetery
State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - Thursday, February 8, 2007
He was born Feb. 20, 1929, in Sullivan, the son of George Benjamin and Amy Scott Hopkins. He married Betty Lee Taylor in 1947; she died in 1988. He married Lois M. Deadmond Karch in 1988.
Mr. Hopkins served as a military police officer in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was an operator in the millhouse at A.E. Staley Co. He was a member and deacon of First Baptist Church in Springfield and volunteered for Fairhavens Christian Home.
Survivors: wife, Lois; son, Gene (wife, Linda) Hopkins of Decatur; stepdaughter, Deborah (husband, Jay) Dunning of Springfield; stepson, Cleve (wife, Karen) Karch of Charleston; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and sister, Alice Fisher of Tower Hill.
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, Dawson and Wikoff West Wood Street Funeral Home, Decatur. Burial: Harristown Cemetery
State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - Thursday, February 8, 2007
SPRINGFIELD - Roy O. Hopkins, 77, of Springfield, formerly of Decatur, died Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007, in Apopka, Fla.
He was born Feb. 20, 1929, in Sullivan, the son of George Benjamin and Amy Scott Hopkins. He married Betty Lee Taylor in 1947; she died in 1988. He married Lois M. Deadmond Karch in 1988.
Mr. Hopkins served as a military police officer in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was an operator in the millhouse at A.E. Staley Co. He was a member and deacon of First Baptist Church in Springfield and volunteered for Fairhavens Christian Home.
Survivors: wife, Lois; son, Gene (wife, Linda) Hopkins of Decatur; stepdaughter, Deborah (husband, Jay) Dunning of Springfield; stepson, Cleve (wife, Karen) Karch of Charleston; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and sister, Alice Fisher of Tower Hill.
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, Dawson and Wikoff West Wood Street Funeral Home, Decatur. Burial: Harristown Cemetery
State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - Thursday, February 8, 2007
He was born Feb. 20, 1929, in Sullivan, the son of George Benjamin and Amy Scott Hopkins. He married Betty Lee Taylor in 1947; she died in 1988. He married Lois M. Deadmond Karch in 1988.
Mr. Hopkins served as a military police officer in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was an operator in the millhouse at A.E. Staley Co. He was a member and deacon of First Baptist Church in Springfield and volunteered for Fairhavens Christian Home.
Survivors: wife, Lois; son, Gene (wife, Linda) Hopkins of Decatur; stepdaughter, Deborah (husband, Jay) Dunning of Springfield; stepson, Cleve (wife, Karen) Karch of Charleston; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and sister, Alice Fisher of Tower Hill.
Services: 10 a.m. Saturday, Dawson and Wikoff West Wood Street Funeral Home, Decatur. Burial: Harristown Cemetery
State Journal-Register, The (Springfield, IL) - Thursday, February 8, 2007
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