Frances J. Hodson 1918 - 2009
Former Myers Grove, Huguenot, New York resident, Frances Hodson, died Friday, February 13, in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey. She was 90 years old and had moved from Myers Grove to New Jersey to live with her daughter’s family in 2004.
Frances was born and raised in New York City before moving to Long Beach, New York in 1951 with her husband, John, and young family. She worked for the Long Beach City Schools in the business office, where she helped organize a union representing office workers. As a political activist, she was elected to the Long Beach City Council and successfully fought to keep the Lloyd Aquifer from over-pumping, as well as salt-water incursion from happening.
After retirement, she and husband John moved to Myers Grove, in 1983, where she continued her civic involvement as an environmentalist for 21 years. At age 82, she was awarded a certificate of lifetime achievement from Orange Environment for her efforts to defend trees, keep clean water and oppose a toxic incinerator and landfill. She regularly attended Deerpark Town Board meetings, where her voice was heard in defense of the environment. Her letters to the editor appeared often in support of the environment.
Frances and John shared a generosity of spirit, and their open-door hospitality extended to a large family and many friends and children. The quiet pace of life in Myers Grove agreed with them as they enjoyed watching the birds and seasons change on the river. They enjoyed entertaining, parties, dancing, cooking, a good joke, gardening, and playing cards and games. Frances’ ready smile and gentle manner will be missed by family and friends.
She was predeceased by her husband, John, in 1995 and sister, Alice Marsh, in 1999.
Surviving are a daughter, Anne, and her husband, Bob, of Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey; and a daughter, Jeanette Radosta, and husband, Joe, of Easton, Pennsylvania.
Also surviving are seven grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, three sisters-in-law and 17 nieces and nephews.
On February 28th , a memorial luncheon was held in her memory in Queens, New York where she had grown up and lived until 1951.
Local arrangements by Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, 154 East Main Street, Port Jervis, New York.
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