Death of Loetta Hopkins

Loetta Hatton Hopkins, 95, known for the colorful bows she wore in her beautiful white hair, joined the love of her life, “Hoppy” and her Lord in Heaven, on July 14, 2021.  Formerly of Anchorage KY, she spent her last few years residing at Addison Place, New Castle, IN, where she was lovingly cared for by the staff and daughter, Patti Lansinger. She was born October 25, 1925, in Middletown, KY and named after her Aunt Lola and Aunt Henrietta. She graduated from Anchorage High School in 1943 and the Kentucky Baptist Hospital School of Nursing in 1946.  She was a member of Anchorage Presbyterian and Grace Evangelical Free Churches where she sang in their choirs, Middletown Woman’s Club, and Jefferson County Medical Society Alliance. She served as President of the Bellwood Children’s Home Women’s Board and was a Louisville Presbyterian Spiritual Life Chairperson. She taught Sunday school at Anchorage Presbyterian Church for 20 years and was a volunteer at Central State Hospital.

Loetta was a 1983 recipient of the Bell and Jefferson Awards for which she was honored for several fields of service including Meals on Wheels, KY Correctional Institute for Women, and as a volunteer with over 4,000 hours of service on the Oncology Unit of Baptist East Hospital. She and Hoppy volunteered their medical services with the Christian Medical & Dental Associations, traveling five times to Honduras. In 1988 she received the Salvation Army Medical Fellowship Member of the Year award and in 2010 she was awarded the Volunteer of the Year for services at the Northeast YMCA.

Loetta loved singing, playing the piano, working in her flower garden and chocolate.  After Hoppy’s retirement, the couple enjoyed traveling, spending time at their Nolin Lake cabin and performing dulcimer music and singing to groups in the Louisville area.

Loetta is preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Dr. William E. (“Hoppy”) Hopkins, her son, William W. Hopkins and her grandson, John Peter Lansinger (New Castle, IN).

She is survived by her three daughters Lynne Lyndrup (Jerry) of Louisville, Patti (John) Lansinger of New Castle, IN and Bonne (John) Douglas of Chapin, SC, 6 grandchildren (including Andy Frazier of Louisville) and 8 great-grandchildren. Cremation was chosen with interment at Floydsburg Cemetery, Crestwood, KY following the service in Duncan Memorial Chapel on August 9 at 10:00.  Memorial gifts can be made to the Northeast YMCA or The Healing Place, 1033 W. Market St., 40202 as per her wishes.