Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Brother Kenneth Hopkinson CSC

Dec. 29, 1902 – Dec. 18, 1977

 

South Bend Tribune 12/19/1977

Brother Kenneth Hopkinson CSC, 74, of Dujarie House at Holy Cross Junior College, died there at 5:10 a.m. Sunday after an extended illness. He was born Dec. 29, 1902 in Alpena, and entered the religious community on Sept. 15, 1929. He mad his first profession of vows on Feb. 1, 1931 and his final profession on Aug. 16, 1934. He was assigned to Dujarie Hall from 1931 to 1932, and from 1932 to 1933 worked in the mailroom at Ave Maria Press at Notre Dame. From 1933 to 1939 he was a canvasser for Ave Maria Press. He retired in 1969 and lived at Holy Cross High School in Flushing, NY, until 1976 when he returned to Columba Hall at Notre Dame.

 

Friends may call after 4 p.m. today in Holy Cross Brothers Center. A wake service will be in the chapel of St. Joseph at the Brothers Center at 7:30 p.m. today. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday with burial in St. Joseph Cemetery on the campus of Holy Cross Junior College.