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Chadwick & McKinney Funeral Home, Inc.

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Ardmore, Pennsylvania

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Memorial Service

Dec. 4, 2025

11:00 a.m.

Church of the Redeemer

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Elizabeth Hopkins Obituary

HOPKINS Elizabeth Drayton Age 61, of Wayne, PA, passed away on November 14, 2025 of respiratory failure in the company of family and friends. Survivors include her mother, Bessy Hopkins, and her siblings, Stockton and Mary Hopkins. A Memorial Service will take place at Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr, PA on Thursday, December 4 at 11 A.M. Burial will be private in the Churchyard. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to The Gunston School. You may give directly in her honor at https://www.givecampus.com/campaigns/73378/donations/new of by check to The Gunston School, 911 Gunston Rd., Centreville, MD 21617. OBITUARY & CONDOLENCES www.chadwickmckinney.com

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Published by The Philadelphia Inquirer on Nov. 30, 2025.

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for Elizabeth Hopkins

Dec

4

Memorial service

11:00 a.m.

Church of the Redeemer

230 Pennswood Rd, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-3616

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Chadwick & McKinney Funeral Home, Inc.

30 East Athens Avenue, Ardmore, PA 19003

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Molly Smith -Wilson Gunston Class 83

Yesterday

Elizabeth, surely embraced the true meaning of kindness to everyone she met. I always admired the way she spoke thru her photography, her pictures of Cardinals always made me smile. My thoughts and prayers go out to her family in this time of loss.

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Molly Smith -Wilson Gunston Class 83

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Melinda Ryan (Lindy Otley)

November 30, 2025

Liz and I were friends when we were students at Hill Top Preparatory School. I remember her beautiful smile and her incredible wit! She was kind and thoughtful to others. My thoughts and prayers for the family and friends.

Sonja Bates

November 29, 2025

Elizabeth you were exceptionally special and loved by so many friends, I´m at a complete loss and miss you horribly already. Thank you for being the sister I always wanted, you will not be forgotten. Thank you for the beautiful happy memories and gifts of your endearing friendship. You smile, kind and cheery disposition will be missed in our Gunston family, I love you.

Toni Henderson-Mayers

November 29, 2025

Elizabeth will be missed. I've enjoyed your friendship from college until now. My condolences and prayers to the family.

Terri Hinton

November 27, 2025

Elizabeth was an incredible person; truly one of a kind.

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