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IRENE ETHEL HOPKINS (WILSON)
Date of Passing: Nov 18, 2002
Send Flowers to the Family Offer Condolences or MemoryIRENE ETHEL HOPKINS (nee WILSON) Peacefully, at Beacon Hill Lodge on Monday, November 18, 2002 in her 106th year. Predeceased by her husband Arthur and son Grant. Billie, to her friends, was born in Winnipegs north end, of Irish immigrant parents in 1897. She married RCAF officer Arthur Ernest Hopkins in 1927 and lived out east until her husbands retirement. She is survived by her daughter-in-law Gertrude, three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at the Deer Lodge Hospital Chapel on December 9 at 11:00 a.m. May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind be always at your back, May warm rains fall softly upon your fields, Until we meet again. May God hold you in the palm of His hand. An Irish Blessing.
As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Dec 07, 2002