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Hopkins was born Oct. 11, 1920, in Glen Ridge, N.J, to John Milton and Doris Keyes Hopkins. He was a 1951 graduate of Amherst College, and then served in the U.S. Navy, retiring in 1955 with the rank of lieutenant junior grade. From 1955 to 1957, he attended Wharton Graduate School at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with an MBA degree.
After five years with the Prudential Insurance Company, he worked many years with the Ford Foundation in New York City, retiring in 1995 from the position of director of Fixed Income Investment.
He was a longtime member of the United Church of Rowayton, where he served as a deacon and lay moderator. He had been a member of the Fair Rent Commission of Norwalk and a Trustee of Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C., and Bangor Seminary in Maine.
Hopkins is survived by his wife, Heather S. Hopkins; children, David S. Hopkins, Deborah H. McNamara (Thomas), James S. Hopkins, Jeffrey K. Hopkins (Julie), Richard A. Hopkins Jr. (Sonja); seven grandchildren; brother, John Bradford (Hilary) Hopkins; and a niece. He was predeceased by his parents; brother, Bradford Streeter Hopkins; and niece, Alyson Marie Hopkins.
There will be a Service of Thanksgiving and Praise for his life at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12, at The United Church of Rowayton.
Gifts in Hopkins’ memory may be made to The United Church of Rowayton, 210 Rowayton Ave., Rowayton, CT 06853 or to Masonicare Home Health & Hospice, 535 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06854.
For more information, visit www.lawrencefuneralhome.com/
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