Clyde B. Hodgkins
1933 – 2010

TAMPA, Fla. — Clyde B. Hodgkins, 76, died at Tampa General Hospital on Tuesday, Feb. 9.

He was born May 1, 1933, in Lewiston, a son of Stanley D. and Florence (Odiorne) Hodgkins. He was educated at Patten School in Greene, John Cone School in Topsham, Edward Little High School in Auburn, Class of 1951, and the University of Maine at Orono, Class of 1955.

He then joined the U.S. Navy as a Seabee, serving in the Pacific area from 1956 to 1957. After the war, he worked for the James W. Sewall Co. in Old Town, until 1960. 

He married Jacqueline Lapointe of Chelsea on Aug. 19, 1967. He was self-employed as a land surveyor and forestor, president of Auburn Metal Buildings Co. Inc., and past president of the Pine Tree Chapter of Metal Buildings Dealers Association. He was a past president of the Twin County Cooperative Extension Service of the University of Maine and past president and charter member of the Androscoggin Chapter Maine Society of Land Surveyors. He was also a past president of St. Francis Mission Council, past secretary of the town of Greene Planning Board, past president of the Greene Valley Cemetery Association and a member of the St. Francis Mission in Greene. 

Survivors include his wife, Jacqueline of Winthrop; a son, Joseph and his wife, Danielle, of Auburn; a daughter, Lynne and her husband, Brian, of Madison, Wis.; a brother, David of Turner; and a sister, Shirley Feinman of Mesa, Ariz.; seven grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by his parents.