HOPKINS, Lillian Christine

The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Friday, April 14, 2006 Lillian Christine Hopkins, 87, of Prescott, Arizona, born Dec. 2, 1918, in Melville, Prince Edward Island, Canada, died Monday, April 10, 2006, at her home in Prescott. A celebration of life service will take plane at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 29, at First Baptist Church, corner of Marina and Goodwin streets in Prescott. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial gifts to be directed to the YRMC Hospice, 3262 N. Windsong Drive, Prescott Valley, Ariz., 86314. Arrangements by the Hampton Funeral Home, Prescott, Arizona. ----------------------------------------- The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Sunday, April 16, 2006 Lillian Christine Hopkins, beloved mother, friend and teacher, age 87, died at home on Monday, April 11, 2006, following a three-year battle with leukemia. She was born Dec. 2, 1918, in the town of Melville, Prince Edward Island, Canada, to the late John Malcolm and Lillian Kedy MacKenzie. Her early schooling was in Boston. She graduated from Gordon College, Boston, Massachusetts in 1945, and completed her Master's degree at Western Maryland University. On August 11,1944, she was united in marriage to Cleveland Hopkins at Park Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts. Lillian was a devoted sixth grade teacher for thirteen years with the Montgomery County Public School District, Montgomery County, Maryland. Some of those years she spent teaching class in a restored one-room schoolhouse in Clarksburg, Maryland. She retired from teaching in 1983. Shortly after retirement, Cleveland and Lillian moved to Prescott, where Lillian enjoyed working as both a teacher and Board President of the Prescott Christian Academy. She also served as a Core Leader for Community Bible Study for many years and attended the bible study faithfully until shortly before her death. In 1997, she joined a Campus Crusade as a teacher of teachers, and traveled to Minsk and Kiev, Russia, to observe and interact with Russian teachers. During her sojourn in Prescott, Lillian was a member of Prescott First Baptist Church and Cornerstone Evangelical Free Church. She had a strong, lifetime commitment to missions and supported numerous missionary families around the world. Lillian is survived by her children, Douglas (Oksana) Hopkins of Kingston, N.J.; Janet Hopkins of Chino Valley; Nancy (Steve) Haan of Livermore, Calif.; and John Hopkins, nomadic; five grandchildren, Lawren Richards of Eagle Bay, B.C.; Jason Babcock of Phoenix, Ariz.; Loki Hopkins, Reykjavik, Iceland, Casey and Dana Johnson of Livermore, Calif.; Liliana Hopkins of Kingston, N.J.; five great-grandchildren, Lexie, Trey and Annabelle Babcock of Phoenix, Ariz.; and Mackenzie and Cooper Richards of Eagle Bay, B.C.; one sister, Mary C. MacKenzie of Ft. Myers, Fla.; and one brother, Alfred K. MacKenzie of Prescott. She is further survived by many cherished friends, too numerous to mention, but held dearly in her heart. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cleveland Hopkins.