Meredith-----Helen Hopkins, 95, formerly of 61 Timber Lane, Gilford, died at the Forestview Manor, Meredith on Monday, November 28, 2011.
Mrs. Hopkins was born November 4, 1916 in Fitchburg, Mass., the daughter of Walter J. & Flora B. (Haywood) Donahue. She was raised in Fitchburg, Mass. and graduated from the Worcester City Hospital School of Nursing in Worcester, Mass. After graduation from nursing school, she was employed as a registered nurse at the Burbank Hospital. She later lived in Salem, N.H. for seventeen years before moving to Gilford N.H. in 1964.
Mrs. Hopkins was a communicant of Sacred Heart Church, Laconia, N.H.
Survivors include a son, Allen Hopkins, of Meredith and a brother, P. Paul Donahue, of Colorado. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Hopkins was predeceased by her husband, Allen J. Hopkins, by two sons, John and Mark, by a daughter, Martha, and by a sister, Marjorie E. Lober.
There will be no calling hours.
A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 9:00AM at St. Andre Bessette Parish – St. Joseph Church, 30 Church Street, Laconia, N.H.
Burial will be in the family lot in Pine Grove Cemetery, Gilford, N.H.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to Community Health & Hospice, Inc., 780 North Main Street, Laconia, NH, 03246.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.