Theresa was born December 9, 1946 in Baltimore, MD, the daughter of the late Dr. Joseph Forgacs PhD. and Lillian (Little) Forgacs. She married John Hopkins in Pearl River, NY on October 7, 1972. She attended Rockland County Community College from January 1965 to 1967 where she received an associate degree in Secretarial Science and was a member of Pi Epsilon Pi. She later attended Berkley College in White Plains. She was employed by IBM as an Executive Administrator from 1967 to 1983, where she received several awards. In addition, she served as a secretary for the town of New Fairfield’s Board of Assessment’s Appeals from 1994-1999. Theresa volunteered as a Den Mother with the Cub Scouts pack #137 in New Fairfield and was an active member of St Edward the Confessor Church, where she volunteered as a teacher’s aide for a religious instruction program at the Consolidated and Meeting House Hills School in New Fairfield. She enjoyed gardening, was an animal lover, and brought joy to everyone she met. She had a richness for life that greatly impacted many people in their lives. She was a kind and caring woman who will be greatly missed.
She is survived by her husband John Hopkins of New Fairfield, two sons Daniel Hopkins of New Fairfield and Brian Hopkins of New York City, also survived by one sister Lillian Forgacs of Gainesville, VA and three brothers Joseph, Lawrence and Paul of Rockland County, NY.
Friends may call at the Green Funeral Home 57 Main St. Danbury on Thursday from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. A Mass of Christian Burial Friday 11:00 am. Interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers the family would like donations made to Memorial-Sloan Kettering, Cancer Center, Solid Tumor Breast Cancer Research, P.O. Box 27106, New York, NY, 10087-7105. To offer on line condolences and sign a book of remembrance please visit www.thegreenfuneralhome.com.
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