Richard Hopkins Richard Leroy Hopkins, 71, of Northridge, Calif., died March 15, 2007 in alifornia. He was born on Dec. 27, 1935 in sacred Neb., and grew up in Fairbury. He graduated from Fair bury High School in 1953 and attended Ambassador College in California. Survivors include his daughters, Lynda Janelle Sahaf and her husband, John, Lori, Lanna and ene Hopkins; grand children Derek and Far rah Montgomery and Kyra Hopkins; brother Rodney of California; mother, Viv ian Lankford of Fairbury; brother-in-law Marvin Moorer of Fairbury; and nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his father, Richard, sisters, Vivian Lee Moorer and Way Jean Jones and brother, Robert. Burial of cremains will be at a later date.