1917 – 2003

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Ruth Marie (Smith) Hodges, 86, of Newport, Vt., currently of Newport News, Va., passed away at her home on Oct. 29.

Born in Newport, Vt., Sept. 12, 1917, she was educated in schools of that town. She married Lawrence Hodges of Winthrop and together they raised three daughters in Monmouth.

She returned to Newport in 1963 and in 1988 she retired from North Country Union High School.

She is survived by her sister, Beverly E. Mossa of Newport, Vt.; three daughters, Judy Rose of Lewiston, Joan Withee and Jane Poulin and husband, Gary of Newport News, Va.; her grandchildren, Kristen McBride and husband, Michael Jr., Heather Pinard and husband, Tom, all of Sabattus and Jennifer Rose of Lewiston; great-grandchildren, Alyssa and Nicholas McBride and Chloe Pinard, all of Sabattus; Deborah Montgomery and three children, Karen Gum and husband, Bobby and three children, Paul Withee Jr. and wife, Mary Jo and two children, all of Colchester, Conn., Eric Poulin and sister, Ginger, both of Newport News, Va.; niece, Billie Howe of Newport, her husband, Gregory and two daughters; niece, Candace Mossa of Newport; nephew, Benjamin Mossa of New Mexico, wife, Julie and daughter, Erica of Newport; and a host of caring friends.

She was predeceased by her father, Benjamin Smith; her mother, Maude E. Smith; and her sister, Glenna E. Smith.


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