Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Theresa Hopkins, retired secretary

Elizabeth (Betty) Theresa Hopkins, 88, of Lewes passed away peacefully Thursday, June 13, 2019, at the Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care in Towson, Md.  

She was born to the late William H. Brown Jr. and Elizabeth Ebeling Brown, Jan. 14, 1931, in Washington, D.C. She graduated from Saint Anthony’s High School in 1948. She married the late Charles Jesse Hopkins in 1951, and they lived in Rockville, Md., before relocating to Lewes in 1992 after she retired as the executive secretary to the Director of Contracts and Grants at NIH.  

Betty was an active member of the Sodality of Our Lady at St. Jude’s Parish in Rockville. After moving to Lewes, she worshipped at St. Jude Parish, became an avid bowler, and attended the Harbour Lights CHEER Center. She also appreciated the support she found through a Presbyterian widows’ group after the death of her husband.

She is survived by two children: William Hopkins and partner Robin of Maryland, and Lawrence Hopkins and wife Chantal of New Mexico. She was preceded in death by her oldest son John Hopkins, but is survived by his wife Cathy of Florida. She also is survived by five grandchildren, including Elizabeth and Zachary Hopkins of New Mexico, Jamie Hopkins and wife Amy, Michael Hopkins and wife Linda, and Tiffany White of Florida; as well as six great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.  She is also preceded in death by her sister Dorothy Krute; and brother William H. Brown III.

In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be made to one of these organizations in Lewes: The Harbour Lights CHEER Center, Meals on Wheels or the Beebe CAREs Program.

A viewing will be held at Mitchell Wiedefeld Funeral Home in Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday, June 22 from 2 to 5 p.m.  A funeral service will be held Tuesday June 25, 2019 at 1 p.m. at Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Millsboro.