Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Hodder , Mary Jane "M.J. " July 25, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Hodder, Mary Jane     
1938 - 2005 
 
Mary Jane Hodder 
1938 - 2005 

Beloved mother, grandmother, and friend journeyed home on July 25, 2005. She 
would not want us to grieve for that was not her style. She would want us to 
remember her penchant for practical jokes, her enthusiasm for sports, and her 
ceaseless devotion to serve wherever she was needed. Her friendships spanned 
from coast to coast and those who met her were immediately drawn to her. She 
had a gift for making everyone feel welcome and she could ignite a room with 
her energy and zest for life. She was a fixture at the Garces High School 
basketball games, passionately cheering for her grandson, Josh and his Rams 
teammates. M.J. was born in Pennsylvania in 1938 and moved to California in 
1965. She returned for a time to Pennsylvania, but returned to California to 
be closer to her children and grandchildren. Her children; Debbie Spates, Don 
Spates, Doris Hawkesworth, and Andrew Walker survive her. She adored her 
grandchildren, Joshua Hawkesworth, Sierra Spates, Jonathan Spates, Caleb 
Hawkesworth, Winston Walker, and Hunter Spates. A memorial service will be 
held on August 5, 2005 in Reedley, CA, at the Mennonite Brethren Church, at 
10:30 am. May your light always burn brightly in our hearts. We love you and 
thank you for sharing your life with us. In lieu of flowers, the family has 
requested that any donations be made in her honor to the Garces Memorial High 
School Boys Basketball program in Bakersfield, CA. To Those I Love If I should 
ever leave you, whom I love To go along the silent way. . .Grieve not. Nor 
speak of me with tears. But laugh and talk of me as if I were beside you 
there. (I'd come. . .I'd come, could I but find a way! But would not tears and 
grief be barriers?) And when you hear a song or see a bird I loved, Please do 
not let the thought of me. Be sad. . .for I am loving you Just as I always 
have. . . You were so good to me! There are so many things I wanted still to 
do. . . So many things I wanted to say to you. . . Remember that I did not 
fear. . . It was just leaving you that was so hard to face. We cannot see 
beyond. . .But this I know: I loved you so. . .twas Heaven here with you. by 
Isla Paschal Richardson 

Legacy.com

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 8/2/2005.  


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