Larry Hopkins:  

Picture is with my two Great Grand-daughters they are a hand full. I spent 32 Years in The Ill Air National Guard , 28 as a full time Aircraft Mechanic as a Federal Civil Service employee. I retired at 50 & went to work For the State Dept of Public Aid 14 months later as a Temp then Full time. I was there 21 years & 5 months . I retired on June 1st 2012. My family hopes it will be the final work retirement party they have for me. Still married to Roxann since 8/16/1957. We had 4 kids a girl,Kelly then a boy Tracy, then a girl, Lenore then another boy Chad. We lost the youngest one, Chad At 22. We have 5 grand children and two great grand children, with a third ,a boy on the way. I finally retired. on May 30, 2012. Why I retired. Why? Because I’m an OLD Fart & my family thinks I should. No plans yet. A short biography. I’ve been working since I was about 12, selling papers here in Springfield, a paper carrier for the Chicago Daily News (both an uncle & my dad were managers) in Litchfield, & Rockford where I was a “Head Carrier,” (If a route didn’t have a carrier or he/she was sick I had to deliver their papers) I worked in a Paint store in Rockford when we moved out of town. In 1957 we moved to Peoria where I delivered the papers to the carriers. After High school I Joined the Illinois Air National Guard 4 days before I turned 18. I got married on August 16, 1959. I worked at Caterpillar in the office, then as a Millwr...Expand for more