Hodges, Katherine (Kurtz) (1921-2006)

HODGES, KURTZ, CLARK

Posted By: Jane Adams (email)
Date: 12/29/2006 at 22:47:32

Fairfield Ledger
Tues., Oct. 17, 2006, p. 10.

Katherine Kurtz HODGES, 85, formerly of Brewster, Mass., died Saturday, Oct. 14, 2006, at Good Samaritan Center in Keosauqua.

Cards may be sent to the family at PO Box 1231, Fairfield 52556.

Online condolences may be sent via www.behnerfh.com.

Arrangements are in the care of Behner Funeral Home and Crematory.

Mrs. HODGES was born May 4, 1921, in Akron, Ohio, the daughter of Russell and Persis Newhard KURTZ. She married Hollis HODGES in 1950.

Mrs. HODGES graduated from Middlebury College in 1943. She was a resident of Brewster, Mass., on Cape Cod for 35 years and relocated to Fairfield in 2005 to be with family. She retired after many years as an editor and publisher, as well as an artist and teacher. While in Brewster, she was co-publisher and owner of the Cape Advertiser, a regional publication. She also exhibited her paintings in Brewster, where she received numerous awards.

Mrs. HODGES was a recipient of the Volunteer of the Year Award for her work with Meals-On-Wheels and providing rides for the elderly and infirm to medical appointments. She enjoyed reading to the blind, as well as providing tutoring to adults learning English as a second language.

Survivors include two children, Jeffrey W. HODGES of New York, N.Y., and Fran L. CLARK of Fairfield and two granddaughters.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one brother, Robert KURTZ; and one son-in-law, Henry Ogden CLARK.
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