Mary Jo Agee Lodinger, age 98, died peacefully at home June 17, 2021, surrounded by her family. Jo was born in Jacksonville, Florida on June 27, 1922. She grew up in Jacksonville with her mother, Susan Nellie Agee and sisters Ruby, Margaret and Dorothy. After graduating from Robert E. Lee High School, Jo was employed by the phone company where she supervised the overseas operators. Jo was married to Herman Lodinger in September 1948, until his passing in December 2017. They spent most of their 69 years of married life in Jacksonville, where Jo devoted her life to her husband and four children.
Jo was an excellent cook and enjoyed entertaining friends and her extended family, as well as being entertained by them. She enjoyed Saturday nights out dancing with her husband, playing cards weekly with her friends, and playing golf. She was a proud and wise mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Survivors include daughter and son-in-law Holly and Paul Mandelkern, Winter Park, FL; daughter and son-in-law Sharon and Herb Hildebrand, Leesburg, FL,: son Randy Lodinger, Jacksonville; son Alan Lodinger, Houston; sister Dorothy Turner; five grandchildren: Gail (Reed) Van Matre, Joel Mandelkern, Natalie Lodinger, Jacob Lodinger and Sam Lodinger; two great-grandchildren: Aaron and Joshua Van Matre.
A graveside funeral will take place at 1:00 PM on Monday, June 21st, at New Center Memorial Park. Contributions in memory of Jo Lodinger may be directed to the Herman Lodinger Endowment Fund at the National Museum of the Mighty 8th Air Force, Box 1992, Savannah, GA 31402, or Community Hospice of Jacksonville, which was of invaluable assistance to Jo, and Randy Lodinger, her care-giver, at communityhospice.com.
Arrangements by Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home of Mandarin, 11801 San Jose Blvd., Jacksonville, FL (904) 288-0025.
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