Carol E. Hopkins, 76, died March 12, 2016, at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born Feb. 7, 1940, in Liberal, she was the daughter of Joseph LeRoy and Cecile J. (Baker) Wilson. On Nov. 19, 1978, she married Floyd Junior Hopkins in Ellinwood. He died on April 25, 2004. A resident of Great Bend since 2002, coming from Ellinwood, she was the Activity Director for Cherry Village.

Mrs. Hopkins was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Ellinwood

Survivors include companion, Tom Wiesner; two sons, Anthony Hopkins of Ellinwood and Douglas Crumrine of Augusta; four daughters, Sheila D. Munoz and her husband Angel of Wichita, Bonnie C. Wiles and husband John of Fayetteville, Ark., LeeAnn Cassidy and her husband Conan of Sun Ray, Texas, and Brenda K. Mealman of Topeka; three brothers, Ronald Wilson and Donald Wilson, both of Eucha, Okla. and Kenneth Thomas of Florida; two sisters, Linda Jo Gallardo and her husband Ted of Sacramento, Calif., and Lynnette Deviney of Hutchinson; 19 grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one son, Norman Jordan; one brother, Ernest Wilson; and one great-grandchild, Aniyiah Saiz.