Jo Ann Hopkins

Obituary Jo Ann (Von Duhn) Hopkins

Georgetown—Jo Ann (Von Duhn) Hopkins, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Sunday, July 7, 2024.

Jo Ann was born on December 16, 1949, to her parents Harry and Helen (Richmond) Von Duhn in Lakewood, NJ.

She was raised in Mayetta, NJ (home Martin Truex, Jr.), graduated Southern Regional High School, Class of 1968 and then attended Chesapeake College, Wye Mills, MD. Jo Ann worked in banking until 1976 when she became a ‘stay-at-home-mom’. With her husband, Ray, they purchased a Servpro franchise in Sussex County in 1993. She shared many great times with her family.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her former husband, Harold Ellis (Skip) Cranmer, Jr. on July 22, 1976.

Jo Ann was survived by children, Matthew Cranmer (Elizabeth) of Wallingford, CT and Amy Bechard (Jacob) of Crofton, MD; husband, Raymond Hopkins, III and his children, Kathryn Howe (Todd) of Newark, DE, Karen Hopkins of St. Michaels, MD and Anne Jones (Andy) of Seaford, DE; grandchildren, Ben, Lauren, Ella, Gracie, Emily, Max and Wren.

For those of you that were here, thank you. For those of you who were not, I’m sorry you missed those times. Enjoy life while you can, be kind to one another.

A celebration of Jo Ann’s life will be held on Saturday, July 20, 2024, beginning with a visitation at noon and the service will begin at 1:00pm in the chapel of Short Funeral Services, 609 E. Market Street, Georgetown, DE 19947.

In lieu of flowers the family request donations in Jo Ann’s memory to the Tara Miller Melanoma Research Fund, 3535 Market Street, Suite 750, Philadelphia, PA 19104 at Penn Medicine.

Online condolences are welcome for the family at www.shortfuneralservicesandcremation.com