Beverly Anne Hopper, Winona Lake, passed away at 2:14 a.m. Tuesday, March 27, 2018, at Grace Village Health Care. God granted her greatest desire — to be in heaven with her Lord and Savior. She was looking forward to being reunited with those who have gone before her, who shared the same faith in Jesus Christ.
Beverly resided at Grace Village Retirement Community in Winona Lake and was 85 years old.
She was born Oct. 27, 1932, in Angola, to Carl Leo Barnhart and Hazel Bryan Barnhart. In September 1951 she was married to James Corliss Hopper, who preceded her in death.
She was a resident of Kosciusko County for the past 55 years and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Oswego.
Beverly worked for Home Hospital and Saint Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, before moving to Warsaw. She then worked for many years as a supervisor at Free Methodist Publishing House. When they closed their doors, she took up studies in nursing at Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne. At the age of 55 she earned her LPN degree and worked for Grace Village Retirement Community until she retired.
She will be lovingly remembered by her two daughters, Debra Ann (husband Robert) Chisholm, Dallas, Texas, and Diana Lynn (husband Ed) Warren, Claypool; and her son, Steven Michael (wife Jody) Hopper, Warsaw. She also leaves behind 15 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Joanna (husband Larry) Fischer, Katy, Texas, and Julie (husband Kevin) Mitchell, Franklin; and her brother, William (wife Judy) Barnhart, Archbold, Ohio.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Carleen Young and Nancy Graham; three sons: Lance Bryan Hopper, Jimmy Lee Hopper and Mark Allen Hopper; and her grandson, Bryan Lance Taylor.
Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday, April 9, at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home, 225 Argonne Road, Warsaw.
Her funeral service will follow at 11 a.m. Monday at Redpath-Fruth Funeral Home and officiated by Pastor Dr. Robert Chisholm. Burial will follow with a graveside service at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw.
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Memorials to Grace Village Retirement Community, 337 Grace Village Drive, Winona Lake, IN 46590.
Condolences may be sent at www.redpathfruthfuneralhome.com.
