Wilber Chamberlain Hodgen

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Times, The (Frankfort, IN)
October 29, 2010
Noble Fee Hodgen, 88, rural Frankfort, died Oct. 26, 2010, in his residence.
Mr. Hodgen was a retired farmer. He graduated from Jackson Township High School in Clinton County in 1940. He had served as Owen Township Trustee in the 1950s and was a Clinton County Commissioner and Clinton County Republican Chairperson. He also served as a State Representative in the late 1950s.
He was a member of Beard Masonic Lodge and served as deacon and chaired the manse building committee of Geetingsville Presbyterian Church. He later became a member of Rossville Presbyterian Church.
He was an avid sports fan, following most sports throughout the year. He enjoyed living on the farm and building a large pond which he and his family enjoyed immensely throughout the years. It often served as the family meeting place.
He was born Feb. 18, 1922, in Boone County to Wilbur C. and Georgia O. (Aldridge) Hodgen. He married Mary Eleanor (Stern) Hodgen on July 12, 1940, and she survives.
Also surviving are three sons, Ronald L. (wife Ellen) of Sommerville, Ala., Jack R. (wife Phyllis) of Frankfort and William Jay (wife Sandy) of Wolcottville; one daughter,Marilyn J. (husband David) Minich of Logansport; one son-in-law, Mark Parsons of Lexington, Ky.; one daughter-in-law, Linda Hufford Hodgen of Virginia Beach, Va.; a half-sister, Bonnie Shoppe of Greenwood; and 18 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son, Gary D. Hodgen; one daughter, Marcia C. Hodgen Parsons; two brothers, Jack L. and Rushton O. Hodgen; one half-sister, Joan Straw; and one grandchild.
Services will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Bodine Funeral Home, Rossville, with Pastor John Everett officiating. Calling will begin at 1:30 p.m. and continue until service time. Burial will be in Geetingsville Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Rossville Presbyterian Church.
Online condolences may be made at www.bodinefuneralhome.com .
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Wilber married Mary Alice Chamness. (Mary Alice Chamness was born on 19 Sep 1913, died on 4 Sep 1986 in Modoc, Indiana and was buried in Riverside Cemetery Losantville, Randolph County, Indiana, USA.)