Francis Gilbert Hopkinson – Dec. 10, 1936 – Feb. 19, 2020
Francis Gilbert Hopkinson, 83, of Cottage Grove passed away on Feb. 19, 2020. He was born in Newburyport, Mass., to Charles and Evaline Hopkinson on Dec. 10, 1936.
LCDR Hopkinson was a career ASW Navy pilot. He served on the USS Enterprise as an air traffic control officer during the Vietnam War.
Francis earned a business degree at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey,…
