William Newell Hopkins

William Newell Hopkins, our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, passed away peacefully on October 27 ,2006, due to complications from Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.
Bill was born Oct. 6, 1929 in Los Angeles, California and was the only child of William Merle Hopkins and Mary Lucille Johnson. He married his sweetheart Mary Ann Rauner on May 14, 1952 in Los Angeles. Three years later they found the gospel and were sealed for time and all eternity in the St. George Temple on Oct. 25, 1955. They recently celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary.
After finishing high school in Los Angeles Bill joined the Air Force. He was an armament expert working onjet aircraft. He served in the Korean War as a Staff Sergeant. He served his country well and was Honorably Discharged as a Tech Sergeant on June 1, 1957. His love of flying continued, obtaining his private pilots license.
Bill and Mary Ann spent their life together in California, Nevada and then chose to retire from their Insurance/Brokerage business and settled in Utah, where they have lived for the past 18 years.
Bill has faithfully served in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the past 52 years.
He has fulfilled many callings, including Bishop, counselor in the Stake Presidency, temple worker and was set apart to be a Temple Sealer in 1984, where he served in the Oakland and Provo Temples. He and his sweetheart fulfilled two missions to the island of Malta, in the Mediterranean.
Bill and Mary Ann were blessed with five children, thirteen grandchildren and soon to be 2 great grandchildren,. Bill is survived by his loving wife MaryAnn, daughter Cheryl Cavalier, and her son Wyatt, daughter Linda Fisher, her husband Curtis and their two children, Nicholas and Lauren, son Michael Hopkins, his wife Cindy and their three daughters Niki, Madisonne and Joely, daughter Susan, her husband Daniel and their six daughters Malori Belliston, her husband Steve and their daughter Shelby with a son on the way, Demi, Kinley, Berkleigh, Natalie and Ashley, daughter Connie Papa, her husband Robert and their son Wyatt Keith,and missionary daughter, Peggy Grnsendorf.
Bill has a great love for his family and the gospel. He was a friend to all, serving others and giving of himself freely. He led a valiant life and we'll all miss him dearly.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, November 3, 2006 at 11:00 AM in the Hyde Park Stake Center, 535 East 200 South in Hyde Park. A viewing will be held on Thursday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the Allen-Hall Mortuary, 34 East Center in Logan, and prior to services at the Stake Center from 9:30 to 10:45 AM. Interment will be in the Hyde Park Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.allenmortuaries.net