Connie Hopkins

C onnie (Breeden) Hopkins, 63, of Sabetha, KS passed away Saturday, July 15, 2017 at the Apostolic Christian Home.

Connie was born April 23, 1954 to Kenneth and Ramona (Brinkworth) Breeden. The family moved to Valley, NE in 1960. Connie graduated from Valley High School in 1972. She continued her education and was also a cheerleader at the University of Nebraska in Omaha, NE. On November 20, 1976 she married Mark Hopkins. They were later divorced. Connie was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1980 and later entered the Apostolic Christian Home in Sabetha on December 10, 1999. She was baptized at the First Methodist Church in Sabetha, KS. Connie had been attending the NorthRidge Church in Sabetha at the time of her death.

Her family was very attentive, and important, and visited her often. She was also close to her teenage caregivers and friends who gave her many laughs, and special attention. Connie’s friends from Nebraska were special and visited her often.

She is preceded in death by her father, Kenneth Breeden; and her grandparents, Garth and Helen Brinkworth, and Harry and Mary Breeden.

Left to remember her spirit, courage and humor is her mother, Ramona Breeden; her aunts, Leona Lukert, Dorothy McDonald; and cousins and friends.

Funeral service will be Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. at NorthRidge Church in Sabetha. Visitation will be Tuesday, July 18, 2017 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at NorthRidge Church. Interment will be made at the Sabetha Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the NorthRidge Church, Sabetha Community Hospital, or Valley Fire Department of Valley, NE, sent in care of Popkess Mortuary, 823 Virginia, Sabetha, KS 66534.