Gwendolyn Hermine Hodges

She was born January 15, 1919 in Strong, Maine, the youngest daughter along with four other sisters Rita, Inez, Pauline and Chispa, of Reverand Henry C. and Alma (Levitt) Glidden.

She lived in Albion Maine from 1950 – 1965 before moving to Cornville, Maine where she helped manage a leased Exxon filling station as well as owning a Christmas tree farm with her husband Carleton Hodges. She took on the responsibility of running a Christmas wreath operation and helped with a retail tree lot in Stoneham, Massachusetts. She loved entertaining family and caring for her grandchildren at a swimming pool which they had on the farm. In her later years she was able to spend winters in Texas prior to her husband’s death and then in St. Petersburg, Florida to be close to her last surviving sister Chispa.

After Chispa’s death she returned to her beloved Albion where she lived at Meadow by the Brook and reconnected with friends that she had made before she moved to Cornville. The last two years prior to her death she was a resident at the Woodland Nursing Home in Waterville. She made many friends wherever she was and was admired by all who knew her.

She was predeceased by her husband Carleton, sons Ronald, Carleton Jr., daughter Peggy Darsauoui and is survived by her sons David, Terry and John. Many grandchildren and great grandchildren

A graveside service will be held Saturday June 24, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. at the Collins Cemetery in Cornville, Maine.

Arrangements are under the care and direction of Smart & Edwards Funeral Home, 183 Madison Ave., Skowhegan, Maine.