Florence O. Hodgkins 1909-2004

Sunday, March 14, 2004

TURNER -- Florence O. Hodgkins, 94, died Thursday evening, March 11, 2004, at the home of her son David, surrounded by her family.

She was born in Greene on Aug. 23, 1909, the daughter of Albra E. and Mary Wilkins Odiorne.

She attended Patten Grammar School in Greene and graduated from Brunswick High School in 1928. Florence also attended Gorham Normal School and Pratt Institute of Art, studying design, in Brooklyn, N.Y. For one year she taught at Mountain School in Greene, and for a time worked in the design department of Priscilla Turner Rug Co. in Turner. In Greene, on June 16, 1932, she married Stanley D. Hodgkins. Except for six years in Topsham and 12 years on Dillingham Hill in Auburn, they spent their married life in Greene. Mr. Hodgkins died April 2, 1990.

In 1956, Mrs. Hodgkins became the Pioneer teacher for the Lewiston-Auburn Association for Retarded Children at the old Garcelon School in Lewiston. In 1960, Florence was called to Farmingdale to open a school for the Kennebec Valley Council for Exceptional Children. In 1964, she returned to the teaching staff of her former school, later absorbed by Pathways Inc. of Auburn, and retired in 1978. Florence was a member of Greene Baptist Church, where she had been active on the building committee; and she also belonged to Greene Senior Citizens. Florence's latest hobby was Turning memories into memoirs.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Earl (Shirley) Feinman of East Aurora, N.Y.; two sons, Clyde B. Hodgkins and his wife, Jacqueline, of Winthrop, and David R. Hodgkins and his wife, Martha, of Turner; four grandsons; four granddaughters; 12 great-grandchildren; one niece, Patricia Stevens; and one nephew, Frederick Odiorne. She was predeceased by a sister, Emily Wood, in 1974; and a brother, Raymond Odiorne, in 1952.

Visitation hours are 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday, March 14, at The Fortin Group funeral home. A funeral will take place at Greene Baptist Church at 1 p.m. Monday, March 15. Spring committal and interment will occur at Valley Cemetery in Greene.

Donations are preferred for The J.A. Morse Library, 279 Sprague Mill Road, Greene 04236. A service of the Fortin Group, Turner & Center streets, Auburn (783-8545).

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