Katherine Hanson Hodder

Katie Hodder died peacefully in her sleep at her Wilmington home early on Friday, July 18. She was born September 20, 1921 in Wilmington to Katherine Elizabeth Vollers Hanson and Louis Andrew Hanson, Sr. Katie was a lifelong member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, where she was active on the Altar Guild, the Worship and Music Committees, and LCW Circle #4. She graduated from New Hanover High School, attended Women's College of UNC Greensboro, and concluded her education at Marjorie Webster Ladies Finishing School in Silver Spring, Maryland. Married in 1946 to Walter James Jim Hodder of Cambridge, Massachusetts, she is the mother of Katherine Margaret Peg Hodder Case and Walter William Bill Hodder. She worked for 20 years as a school secretary at Bradley Creek Elementary School and J.C. Noble Middle School. She was a member of the Hanover Seaside Club. Katie was preceded in death by her parents, husband, brother Louis A. Hanson, Jr., and sister Elizabeth Betty Hanson Hendrickson. Surviving are her children Peg and Bill, daughter-in-law Dot, brother Richard Vollers Hanson, and guardian angels Jim and Dee Hall, all of Wilmington; sisters-in-law Lucy Hodder Ratta, Jan Hodder, and Betty Hodder, and many nieces and nephews. In her last years Katie and her family were blessed by the care and companionship of the Caregivers of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, the staffs of Care Providers of Wilmington, Choice Caregivers, and Lower Cape Fear Hospice, and many friends. The family will receive visitors at Katie's home on Tuesday, July 22, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. Her ashes will be interred at Oakdale Cemetery in a private family service. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, July 23, at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, with a reception following in Keever Hall. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials to Lower Cape Fear Hospice, 2222 South 17th Street, Wilmington, NC 28401, or St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 12 North 6th Street, Wilmington, NC 28401.