Teresa Jane McKittrick passed away at home accompanied by her family on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, after a long illness.
Teresa was born in Charleston, WV on August 14, 1952 as a Hopkins. She was the best of the best and tirelessly offered her unconditional love, humbleness, humor, determination, raw intelligence, and beauty to everyone she knew and everything she did.
Teresa’s Parents, William Hopkins Jr. and Betty Hopkins (who passed in 2017 and 2019 respectively) had a large family. Teresa had four sisters, Vicki (who passed in 2015), Sherrie, Debbie, and Nancie “Barbie”. This large family moved around a lot due to her father’s work, so she got to see a great deal of this country. She ultimately returned to Charleston and attended the University of Charleston. Then, in 1981 she met the man of her dreams, William David Parrish McKittrick.
On March 20, 1982, Teresa married Parrish. Parrish had two children, Terrance (born 1968) and Allison (born 1970) and became their second mother extraordinaire. 1983 brought the birth of her first child, Parrish, and then two years later in 1985, her second great joy, Tyler joined the family. Teresa worked hard over the ensuing years taking care of multiple family businesses as well as her own and extended family. She relocated from Charleston to Germantown, MD, and finally to Phoenixville, PA where she was an active member in her church, became a Grandmother to Amelie, Hazel, Tyler, and Naomi, Mother-in-law to Starr and Stella, and loved to spend time running and walking the trails at Valley Forge Park with her constant canine companions, first Kobe and then Jackson. Oh, and if she could reach ice cream with a spoon it was gone.
Her love for her family was unrivaled and she will be missed until the last star falls.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Teresa's name to the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance, PO Box 32141, New York, NY 10087-2141.