pLina E. Hodgdon, 95, passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2016 with her loving family at her side. /ppA memorial service will be held on Saturday November 19, 2016 at 11:00 am at Green Funeral Home, Gouverneur, with Pastor Howard Maxson of the Fowler Baptist Church officiating. Burial will take place in Maple Grove Cemetery in Richville./ppLina was born in Farmington, Maine on February 2, 1921, the daughter of Howard and Helen Day Thurston. She graduated from Skowhegan High School in 1938./ppLina married Harry S. Hodgdon Sr. in 1946. Mr. Hodgdon passed away on November 2, 1957. /ppShe was employed as a greeter at Hills Department Store in Watertown. She also worked as a short order cook at the Silver Leaf Diner, Jumbo’s, and at one point was the manager at Dixie Lee in Gouverneur./ppShe enjoyed gardening, and spending time with children of all ages. /ppLina is survived by 7 daughters, Sharon and Max Langevin, Susan and Curt McHeffey, Cheryl and Fred Colton, Janice and Rusty Wainwright, Kathleen and Michael Travis, Elizabeth Spinelli, Nona and Sandy Hilts, Wendy Soper and companion Rolando Princepato, a son James and Susan Hodgdon, and a great grandson Dylan Murray who she has raised since birth. Lina has 30 grandchildren, 53 great grandchildren, and 7 great, great grandchildren. She is survived by a brother Lee Thurston, 4 sisters Ruthie Bugai, Marion Newcomb, Janice Shepard, Marilyn Newcomb, and many nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her husband, a son Harry “Butch” Hodgdon Jr., several siblings, 5 grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren. /ppMemorial donations in Lina’s memory can be made to the Cerebral Palsy Association of the North Country./p
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