Victorine Lafferty Hopkins, 97, a resident at Ridgefield Crossings in Ridgefield, Connecticut and formerly of Sandy Hook, died Sunday, March 1st. She was predeceased by her husband Homer Thawley Hopkins, Jr. They were married 67 years. She lived 55 years in Beltsville, Md. prior to moving to Sandy Hook, Connecticut in 1997.
She was born February 12, 1918 in Clayton, DE to Edwin Jackson Lafferty and Ida Morris. She graduated from Dover High School in Dover, Delaware and worked at the State Library in Dover for several years. She married Homer T. Hopkins, Jr in 1940 and later moved to Beltsville, Md. She was very active in the Woman’s Community Club of Beltsville, United Methodist Women, and Rotary Ann. She was the Church Secretary at Emmanuel Methodist Church in Beltsville from 1956-1972. She researched, wrote, and published the History of the Methodist Church in Beltsville. She enjoyed gardening, knitting and crafts, and the beach.
She is survived by a daughter, Rebecca H. Smith and her husband, Dunham H. Smith of Sandy Hook ; two grandchildren, Kara M. Rappaport and her husband, Derek of Pembroke, MA and Daniel H. Smith and his wife, Deana of Norfolk, MA. ; three Great-Grandchildren; two sister-in-laws, Margaret Lafferty and Jane Lafferty, and several nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 21st at 12 noon at the Newtown United Methodist Church in Sandy Hook, with the Reverend Mel Kawakami, Senior Pastor, officiating.
In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory can be made to Board of Child Care of the United Methodist Church, Inc., Attn: Finance Dept., 3300 Gaither Road, Baltimore, MD 21244 or Christian Appalachian Project, Inc., 6550 South Ky., Rt. 321, P.O. Box 459, Hagerhill, KY 41222. Arrangements are in care of the Honan Funeral Home, 58 Main Street, Newtown, CT.

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