Donald Earl Hopkins was born to Donald S. and Dorothy Hopkins on December 31, 1936 in Toledo, Oregon. He joined his sister, Florence, growing up in the coastal mountain country between Newport and Eddyville and later welcomed his younger sister, Judy. During his teen years he lived with the Calendar family while attending Toledo High School where he graduated as salutatorian in 1956.
He supported himself working at a variety of jobs, the Toledo Funeral…