Obituary of Bertha M. (Lavoie) Hopkins

Bertha M. (Lavoie) Hopkins, 75, of Peabody, died Thursday at the Salem Hospital after a long illness. She was the wife of the late Richard E. “Hoppy” Hopkins. She was born in Fort Fairfield, Maine, on January 29, 1932, the daughter of the late Adelard and Laura (Marcheterre) Lavoie and was raised in Salem, Ma before moving to Peabody 41 years ago. She had been an administrative secretary at the Eastman Geletine Corp. of Peabody for over twenty years prior to her retirement. She had a love for animals, especially her cats and enjoyed playing cribbage and card games. She had been a volunteer at the Peabody Council on Aging and a member of their Pen Pal program. After her husband’s death, she was a companion of many years to the late Bill Sterio. She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Diane and Michael Derouin of Peabody and Lori and William Harrell of Maricopa, AZ., a sister and brother-in-law, Doris and John Felix of Beverly, MA, three grandchildren, Dr. Michael R. “Mick” Derouin of Key West, FL, Richard P. Hopkins of Stoughton and David S. Derouin and his wife Denise Hui and her cherished great grandson, Cayden Hui-Derouin all of Billerica and many nieces and nephews. She was the mother of the late Richard G. “Rocky” Hopkins and the sister of the late Gilbert, Leo, Arthur and Jeanette Lavoie and Germaine Falcon. A Visitation will be held on Monday from 4:00 until 8:00 PM at the Conway,Cahill-Brodeur Funeral Home at the 82 Lynn St., Peabody facility. Her Funeral Service will be held there on Tuesday at 10:00 AM. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. Burial will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Peabody. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Friends of the Peabody Council on Aging, 79 Central St., Peabody or to Hospice of the North Shore, 10 Elm St., Danvers, and Ma 01923.