Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hopkins, Cleo S., Sr. 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net July 31, 2014, 10:10 pm Greenville Daily News, 29 Oct 2005 Cleo S. Hopkins Sr., 87 of Fenwick, went to be with the Lord on Thursday morning, October 27, 2005, at Carson City Hospital. Cleo was born on March 17, 1918, in Charlotte to Miles B. and Mary P. Baughman Hopkins. He married Fern R. Campbell on April 16, 1954, in Belding. Cleo had lived in the Belding and Fenwick area for 67 years. He had worked at the Ford garage for many years and retired from Gibson’s after 30 years of service. He attended Belding Bible Church and Ashley Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Cecil, Mearl, Wilford; three sisters, Margaret Sarah, Myrna; a daughter-in-law, Barbara Hopkins; a son-in-law, Keith E. Loper; granddaughters, Jessica Hopkins, Kathleen Loper; a grandson, Todd Hopkins; a great grandson, Daniel Loper. Cleo is survived by his wife, Fern Ruth Campbell Hopkins; their children, Virgil and Bonnie Hopkins of Greenville, Ervin and Julie Hopkins of Clifford Lake, Mae Loper of Fenwick, Gerald and Margaret Hopkins of Lapeer, Julie and Doug Gachter of Sheridan, Cleo and Nancy Hopkins of Belding, Ruth and John Coston of Vestaburg, Dawn and Elbert Jeffery of Fenwick, Bob and Sally Johnson of Fenwick; 54 grandchildren; 58 great-grandchildren; 13 great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services are 11 a.m. Monday at Ashley Baptist Church with Pastors David A. Oliver and Ken Harger officiating. Interment will follow in Orleans Cemetery. Visitation is from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Johnson-Feuerstein Funeral Home, Belding. Memorials may be given to Ashley Baptist Church or Belding Bible Church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/h/hopkins26399nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb