R. Warren “Hoppy” Hopkins Jr. of Swampscott died peacefully at home on Wednesday, October 7, 2026 with his family around him. He was 86 and had been married 63 years to Patricia Marie (Scotch) Hopkins.
He was born on February 20, 1940, the son of the late Reuben Warren Hopkins and Anna (Fiore) Hopkins, raised in Revere, and served six years in the Army during the Berlin crisis. He earned a master’s in education at Salem State College and gave his working life to schools: assistant superintendent of the Swampscott Public Schools, teacher in Marblehead, business manager and teacher in Reading and at Austin Prep. He moved to Swampscott in 1970 and never left. He coached and ran Swampscott Little League and Babe Ruth baseball, coached freshman baseball at Swampscott High, coached and administered Swampscott Youth Hockey, officiated youth basketball, coached Reading junior varsity hockey and put in years with Swampscott Pop Warner. He was a devoted parishioner of St. John the Evangelist and, in retirement, assistant director of the Swampscott Senior Center.
Besides his wife, he leaves his sons, Robert W. Hopkins and Christine, Richard J. Hopkins, and Randall M. and Regina Hopkins, all of Swampscott; and his grandchildren, Stephen, Mia, Russell, Caleigh, Troy, Michael, Richard and Brianna Hopkins and Anna Hopkins Lopez. His son Russell J. Hopkins died before him.
Visiting hours are Friday, October 16 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Solimine Funeral Home, 67 Ocean Street, Lynn. A funeral Mass is Saturday, October 17 at 10 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist, 174 Humphrey Street, Swampscott, with burial at Swampscott Cemetery.
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