Hodgson, Robert C. 1901-1993
HODGSON, BAINBRIDGE, MCKINLEY
Posted By: Viv Reeves (email)
Date: 2/6/2006 at 21:34:39
From the LeMars Sentinel, Monday, February 22, 1993, Page 10, Column 1:
Obituaries--Robert C. Hodgson
Longtime Area Man Dies on SaturdayRobert C. Hodgson, 91, LeMars, died Saturday February 20, 1993, at the Plymouth Manor Care Center.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Calvary United Methodist Church in LeMars with the Rev. Wayne Gjerde officiating. Burial will be in LeMars Memorial Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Monday, with the family present 7-8 p.m., at the Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home.
Mr. Hodgson ws born Aug. 12, 1901, in Stanton Township near LeMars, son of Robert and Sarah (Bainbridge) Hodgson. He attended Stanton school No. 5 and LeMars High School. He married Mary McKinley Aug. 18, 1928, at Cedar Falls. They farmed in Stanton township until retiring to LeMars in 1963.
He was a member of the Merrill Stanton EUB Church until they moved to LeMars. He was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church and the Plymouth County Farm Bureau. He organized the Stanton Lucky Clovers 4-H Club and led it for five years. He was a lifelong county resident.
Survivors include his wife, two sons, both of LeMars, R. James and Clayton and his wife, Ardella; a daughter and her husband , Marianne and Jim Carlson of Pine River, Minn.; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, William and George, and two sisters, Jennie Marker (sic--Harker) and Ethel Heckenlively.
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