Steven Michael Hopkins, DVM (1951-2012)

HOPKINS, MCCARTNEY, MCCLATCHEY, JONDLE, EMERSON

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 8/1/2012 at 08:51:56

From Adams & Soderstrum Funeral Home obituary, Story County, Iowa:

Steven Michael Hopkins, DVM

BORN: May 26, 1951

DIED: February 14, 2012

LOCATION: Story City, Iowa

Steven Michael Hopkins, DVM, passed away February 14, 2012 at his home in rural Story City, Iowa.

Steve was born in Cleveland, Ohio, May 26, 1951 to Dr. Scovell M. and Rita (McCartney) Hopkins and grew up in Grosse Point Woods, MI. After graduating from Michigan State College of Veterinary Medicine, he started practicing in Sedro Wooley, WA. In 1979, he began a residency in Theriogenology (Animal Reproductive Medicine and Surgery) at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine where he met his future wife, Janice McClatchey of Fort Myers, FL.

They were married October 17, 1981 at South Seas Plantation on Captiva Island, FL. Dr. Hopkins accepted a teaching position at Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine where he received numerous awards voted on by the students for his outstanding teaching methods. The Field Service Teaching Laboratory at ISU-CVM was recently named the Steven M. Hopkins Teaching Laboratory in honor of his dedication to his students.

He is survived by his wife, Janice, his daughter Elara and husband Michael Jondle, his grandchildren, Brookelyn and Colin all of Story City, Iowa; his mother Rita of Brighton, Michigan, his sisters Maureen Emerson, Suzanne Hopkins and brother Dennis. He was preceded in death by his father.

At his request a memorial service will not be held. His friends and family will gather at a later date to honor his life.

Memorials will be donated to the Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke University in Durham, NC and a veterinary scholarship at Iowa State University.

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