Rebecca Alice (Eggers) Lopez, 83, passed away Saturday morning, December 7, 2024 at her home in Appomattox, Virginia.
Rebecca was born on October 6, 1941, to Raymond and Ruby Eggers in Great Bend, Kansas. She grew up in Ellinwood, graduated from Ellinwood High School, and then attended nursing school in Wichita, Kansas.
Becky worked for many years at the New York Public Library where she met Robert. They fell in love and the rest is history.
Becky loved nature, especially dogs, cats, and squirrels. She enjoyed eating breakfast while watching the local squirrels and birds from her kitchen table. Becky spent many hours quilting blankets and mats for sheltered dogs and cats in Appomattox, Virginia.
She was survived by her loving husband Robert, daughter Michele, son Philip, and her loving stepchildren Karen, Ann Marie, Nancy, Diane, Robert, Steven and Joe and David.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister Florence Gideon and her husband Fray.
In lieu of flowers please donate to your local animal shelter in her name.