Joseph "Phil" Hopkins

Death date: Jan 11, 2011

Joseph “Phil” Hopkins, 85, passed away on January 9, 2011. He is preceded in death by his parents, George and Josephine Hopkins; brother, Jim Hopkins; and sister, Mary Jane Taylor. Phil is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Read Obituary

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Winfred Robinson

783w ago

I first met Phil Hopkins in 1963 in the offices of Sverdrup and Parcel in St. Louis, MO. Phil was a great mentor for a young engineer just finding his way in the field of engineering. He was also a great teacher. On one privite tour of the Anheuser-Busch Brewery in St. Louis he gave me a great foundation in brewery construction and operation. I last met him in the middle of an intersection in downtown Washington, D.C. where he was directing delivery of concrete sixty feet down to the floor of a new subway station. He was hard to miss! Two years later I replaced him on the subway project so he could go to a brewery construction project in Albany, N.Y. Before he left he gave me a valuable education on the subway project and what I needed to watch out for during the next two years of construction.
Phil was a great guy; mild mannered, patient and a lot of fun to be with.
Rest in peace, Phil.

Alf Stole

783w ago

I met Phil Hopkins for the first time in Stillwater, Oklahoma. I remember he had a nice motor cycle which I admired very much.
Phil annd I drove to work together when he lived in Bridgeton.
Peace!

Nelson Mcclenahan

783w ago

Phil was also known as “Tiny” around the Sverdrup Saint Louis office. The man sure could fill a doorway. He was one one of the most mild mannered men I have ever known and was respected by all his co-workers. May God bless Phil and all the family.

Paul Taylor

783w ago

I’m blessed to have gotten a chance to catch up with Uncle Phil at a family reunion in 2009. It was especially meaningful in that my son Nicholas, a budding genealogist who never got a chance to meet any of his great-grandparents, got to meet both Uncle Phil and his brother Uncle Jim, brothers of Nick’s Great-Grandmother Mary Jane Taylor. Uncle Phil was a great man with a great sense of humor. I already miss his e-mails!

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