Obituary of Carolyn M. Hopkinson

Carolyn May (Fox) Hopkinson, 87, of Kalona, died January 24, 2013, at her home. A memorial service will be held 5 p.m., Saturday, January 26, 2013, at the Gay & Ciha Funeral Chapel in Oxford, Iowa (132 E. Main). In lieu of flowers, donations may be made through her great grandson Devon Linville to the American Heart Association at the following link: http://social.heart.org/8CuDLTI. Online condolences can be sent to her family through the web @www.gayandciha.com. She was born December 2, 1925 in Charleson, Vermont; daughter of Charles and Eva (Norris) Fox. Carolyn spent her early years in Orleans County, Vermont, and graduated from high school in 1943 from Newport High School in Newport, Vermont. She worked at Woolworth's store and Bell Telephone before she married Reginald Hopkinson in September of 1947. Carolyn and her family also lived in Concord, Massachusetts before settling in Cedar Rapids Iowa in 1960. After her divorce in 1965, she worked at Sears, the Fabric Shop in Lindale Mall, and she retired from her job as cashier at the River Room in the Iowa Memorial Union at the University of Iowa. After her retirement Carolyn spent time with all of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren in Wellman, Iowa, Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Takoma Park, Maryland. Although she required care at Parkview Manor in Wellman from 2010 to 2012, she was fortunate to be able to spend her final months at home with her daughter Elizabeth in Kalona, Iowa. She died peacefully at home with her family around her. Carolyn's family includes her daughters; Crystal Carolyn (Hopkinson) Wenman, Elizabeth Ruth (Hopkinson) Mathes, and Marta Jean Hopkinson; grandchildren James Wenman, David Wenman, Rebecca Hopkinson, Melanie Mathes, Dylan Mathes, Joshua Hopkinson Dimenco, Melissa Hopkinson Fernandez, Jonathan Hopkinson, Daniel Goldschmidt-Hopkinson, Sarah Goldschmidt-Hopkinson, and Leah Goldschmidt-Hopkinson; 10 great grandchildren and 12 nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eva Priscilla (Norris) Fox and Charles Erwin Fox; siblings Doris Tetrault, Cathleen Banfield, Ruth Buck, and Carroll Fox; son, Carroll John Hopkinson; grandchildren, Corey Hopkinson and Dawn Danielle Hoskins, former husband, Reginald Charles Hopkinson; and nephews Sonny Tetrault and Bradley Fox. Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service is caring for Carolyn's family and her services.