Virginia Margueritte Hopkins, age 95, of Owings, MD passed away peacefully September 7, 2013. She was born December 5, 1917 in Waynesboro, Kentucky to Elmer Ellsworth and Katie (Bennett) Hopkins. She was still a preschooler when her family moved to Alexandria, VA, where she was educated in the Alexandria public school system. She retired in 1975 after 35 years of service as a cashier for Giant Food Company. She enjoyed her work at Giant where she made many life long friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer E. and Katie (Bennett) Morris, her husband Gordon Joseph Hopkins and sisters Margery Graves and Dorothy Monroe. Surviving are her sons Geoffrey W. Sikorski and his wife Donna of Apple Valley, CA and Michael J. Hopkins and his wife Jayne of Owings, MD, grandchildren Geoffrey W. Secora and his wife Monica of Pineville, NC, Susan Najera and her husband Jesse of Yucaipa, CA and Trevor Sikorski of Costa Mesa, CA and four great grandchildren.