Stephen C. Hopkins, Orthodontist, 77

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Stephen C. Hopkins, an orthodontist in Northwest Washington DC for 45
years, and who was a resident most recently of Leisure World in Silver
Spring, Maryland, died January 30, 2005, at Georgetown University
Hospital of complications resulting from a fall, at the age of 77.

Dr. Hopkins was born in Washington DC and graduated from Woodrow Wilson
High School in 1945. He joined the Navy in 1947, serving as a medical
corpsman. After his military service, he received his undergraduate
degree from George Washington University in 1951 and his dental degree
from Georgetown University in 1955.

"Dr. Hop," as he was known to his patients, began his career practicing
orthodontics at an office on K Street NW with his father, Stephen C.
Hopkins Sr., and later moved to the American University Park area in
Northwest Washington, where he practiced until his retirement in 2000.

He was a longtime member of the DC Dental Society and in 1975 was
president of the Washington Dental Club. In 1997, he was secretary of
the Dental Progress Study Club.

He was a member of the Georgetown Kiwanis Club, where he was president
in 1963 and 2000 to 2001. He also served on the Kiwanis Foundation's
executive board and was voted Kiwanian of the year in 1964, 1976 and
1999.

More recently, he was involved with the Association of Oldest
Inhabitants of Washington, D.C., volunteering as the group's treasurer.
Since his retirement, he drove friends and acquaintances to meetings of
various volunteer organizations. He enjoyed reading about American
history, and he liked to travel, most recently to a family reunion on
Chincoteague Island.

Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Catherine Hopkins of Silver
Spring; five children, Annette Abrams of Bethesda, Maryland, Sarah
Hopkins of Rockville, Maryland, Stephen C. Hopkins III of Germantown,
Maryland, Kenneth B. Hopkins of Rockville and Cassie Megarity of
Baltimore, Maryland; three sisters, Nancy Knollman of Ponte Vedra
Beach, Florida, Connie Young of Springfield, Virginia, and Susan Veras
of Gaithersburg, Maryland; 14 grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.

Washington Post