Eileen F. Kopf-Walker, 79, of Granby, beloved wife for 10 years of the late Harry A. Walker, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 12, 2022, at Hartford Hospital after a long courageous battle with cancer. Born in Bronx, NY on July 29, 1942, daughter of the late Frank and Elizabeth (Lenhardt) Schuller, she was the youngest child of German immigrants who had settled in New York City. Eileen graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in the Bronx and soon after married and started a family having moved to College Point in Queens, NY. She worked tirelessly holding a full-time job, raising her three children, and taking classes at night receiving her Associates Degree from Queensborough Community College. Eileen dedicated her professional career to the Employment Program for Recovering Alcoholics, a NYC based non-profit organization. Eileen worked tirelessly at EPRA for 32 years, starting out as the receptionist & bookkeeper eventually becoming the Executive Director. She retired in 2005 and moved to Granby, CT to be with her children and grandchildren and continued to serve on the EPRA Board of Directors until her passing. In her spare time, Eileen enjoyed travelling and took many memorable trips throughout the United States & Europe with her family. Among her favorite trips were visiting with her relatives in Germany. Eileen especially enjoyed the simple pleasures in life, a good NY bagel, a hot slice of NY pizza, playing golf at the local Par 3 or perfecting her swing on the driving range, and spending time with her family. Most of all, Eileen’s life will be remembered for her selfless dedication to others. After moving to Granby in 2005, she volunteered at McLean’s in Simsbury, was very involved in the Granby Senior Center where she enjoyed yoga and many other trips and activities and was a communicant of St. Therese Parish. While her grandchildren were growing up in Granby, she was ever present at sporting events, recitals and school activities and enjoyed spending as much time with them as possible. She leaves a sister, Katherine O’Connell of Oneonta, NY; three children, Kathryn Kopf of Granby, Stephen Kopf and his wife Donna of Kingsland, GA, and Joseph Kopf and his wife Marilyn of Granby; a stepson, Robert A. Walker and his wife Sheryl of Massapequa Park, NY; seven grandchildren, Sabrina Kopf and Stephen S. Kopf both of Jacksonville, FL, Caitlin Kopf and Melena Kopf both of Granby, Michael Walker and his wife Michelle of Long Island, NY and Matthew Seymour and Brendon Seymour both of Kingsland, GA; a great-grandson, Christian Seymour of Kingsland, GA; four nieces and nephews, Eileen Keating and her husband Paul of Ithaca, NY, Gregory O’Connell and his wife Vicky of Delhi, NY, Kristen Ford and her husband Tom of Ithaca, NY, and John O’Connell and his wife Michelle of Wallingford, and numerous grand-nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by her brother-in-law Thomas O’Connell and granddaughter, Allison Walker. Her family will receive friends on Wednesday, May 18, 5-8 p.m., at the Hayes-Huling & Carmon Funeral Home, 364 Salmon Brook St., Granby. Family and friends may gather on Thursday, May 19, 9 a.m., at the Hayes-Huling & Carmon Funeral Home, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial, 10 a.m., at St. Therese Parish, Granby. Burial will be private in Woodland Cemetery, Delhi, NY. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to EPRA, 261 West 35th St., 9th Floor, NY, NY 10001.