Taken from her family too soon on Jan. 18, 2012, at Charles S. Curtis Memorial Hospital in St. Anthony after a struggle with cancer, Mrs. Louise Minnie Mae Hopkins of Roddickton, NL, in her 67th year. Left behind and grieving together are her dearly loved husband of 48 years Willis Hopkins of Roddickton; her sons Paul (Twila) Hopkins of Blackfalds, Alberta, and Darren Hopkins of Roddickton; her daughters Mona (Larry) Carroll of St. Anthony, and Denise (Paul) Blake of Churchill Falls; grandsons Jonathan (Amanda), Joshua and Jayden; granddaughters Janessa, Jessica, Julie, and Denika. Left to face the heartbreak of losing a child is her mother Hazel Brenton of Englee, as well as her brothers Jim (June) Brenton, of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Raymond (Marjorie) Brenton of Englee, Wilson (Pearl) Brenton of Conception Bay South, Alfred (Charlotte) Brenton of St. Anthony, David (Lillian) Brenton of Goose Bay; her sisters Bessie Brenton (Jack Courage) of Goose Bay, Ruby (Bruce) Pittman of Goose Bay, and Shirley Brenton of Englee, as well as other relatives and friends. Visitation took place at the Apostolic Faith Church in Roddickton, from where the funeral was held, with Rev. Rene S. Cassell officiating on Saturday, Jan. 21 followed by burial in the new Apostolic Faith Cemetery in Roddickton. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Kerry M. Fillatre Funeral Homes, St. Anthony and Roddickton, Lee Nippard, funeral director.