Virginia Hopper 1945-2020

Virginia “Bobbie” Hopper, 75, of Hoyt, died Thursday, April 16, 2020, at her home.

She was born in Holton, the daughter of Virgel and Mary Jane Perkins Slocum. 

Virginia worked for Memorial Hospital and the State of Kansas in Topeka. She also worked for Harrah’s Casino in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Harrah’s Prairie Band Casino, Sac & Fox Casino and Holton Community Hospital. 

She married Dan Schultz on Nov. 12, 1965, in Topeka. He died Aug. 29, 2001. She married Thomas S. Hopper on May 25, 2003, in Holton. He died Sept. 22, 2019.

Virginia was also preceded in death by her mother, Mary Jane Wilson.

Survivors include a son, Lance Schultz, Hiawatha; a daughter, Danette Henley, Gardner, and her son, Logun; one sister, Tina Pebley (Ted), Council Bluffs, Iowa; one brother, Ralph “J.R.” Wilson Jr. (Samantha “Jeanne”), Ozawkie; Amy Sender and her foster daughter Paige Simmons, Hoyt; Zack Starbird, Barrington, Ill.; one stepsister, Kathy Knight, Hoyt; a stepson, Gary Hopper (Hilda), Holton; and multiple grandchildren and nieces and nephews.

A private graveside service will be held at the Hoyt Cemetery. A celebration of Virginia’s life will be held after the current pandemic.

Memorial contributions are suggested to the Mayo Clinic for Traumatic Brain Injuries, sent in care of Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, P.O. Box 280, Hoyt, KS 66440. Online condolences may be sent to chapeloaksfuneralhome.com

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