Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hodgkins, Wilhelmina B. (Bement) 1961
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Ionia Daily Sentinel-Standard, 16 May 1961

Funeral services for Mrs. Wilhelmina B. Hodgkins, 78, of 516 Townsend street, 
retired Ionia school teacher and principal, will be held Wednesday at First 
Presbyterian church at 2 p.m.  Mrs. Hodgkins’ death was sudden and unexpected.  
She became ill at her home and was taken to the Ionia hospital by her son and 
was pronounced dead upon arrival.

She was born in Mason November 4, 1882, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark 
Bement, and came to Ionia in 1906 to teach school in the fourth ward.  She was 
named principal of Emerson elementary school in 1928 and held the position 
until her retirement in 1953.  She was a graduate of Eastern Michigan college 
at Ypsilanti.

July 15, 1908 she was married in Ionia to John Hodgkins and had made her home 
here since.  Mr. Hodgkins died April 1 of this year.

Mrs. Hodgkins was a member of First Presbyterian church of Ionia, the Women’s 
association and Sarah circle of the church.  For many years she participated in 
work in the Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian church choirs.

Active in many social and educational organizations, she was a member and past 
president of the Ionia Garden club, Camera club, Delta Kappa Gamma sorority and 
the Teachers club of Ionia, and was a former member of the DAR.

As a member of Photographic Society of America she was extremely interested in 
photographic work and did a lot of children’s photography, and as a lover of 
plant life she was always anxious to help others with floral arranging and 
gardening.

Near the end of her teaching career, Mrs. Hodgkins received a TV presentation 
of Freedom Foundation award.

Survivors include a daughter, Frances of Ionia; a son, Richard Hodgkins of 
Greenville; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Rev. Wilfred G. Sawyier will conduct the service and interment will be at 
Sunset Memorial Garden Shrines.  The body will be at Myers funeral home until 
it is taken to the church where it will lie in state from 1 until 2 p.m.  A 
memorial is being established by the family in honor of Mrs. Hodgkins.


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