Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-01-28
MRS. HARRY c. HoDGKINs.
Death in Warner, N. H., Sunday Of a
Former WeIlknown Resident Of Brat.
tleboro and Putney

Mrs. Blanche LIugutuu Hudgklu~ 81
wife Of Harry G. Hudgkius. died SUNDAY
morning at $50 in the home OF her cousin
Mrs. George f. Brockway, in Warner. y
H.. after very PAINFUL illness of over
five months. Mrs Hodgkius submitted to
a surgical operation in the Memorial hos
pital In Brattleburo last August. II was
realized at that time that her condition
was very serious and the operation uf-
fordcd only temporary relief Mrs. IIodg-
kius failed steadily during the fall months
ana ia November she went to The home of
her cousin, whore she had since been
under the care of trained nurse and had
received every attention that loving hands
could give.
Her maiden name was Blanche Elrcil
l.tughtuu ana she was the daughter ur
Oscar K. ana Elizabeth tCAmpbeIn
laughton, being their only child aside
from son who died i'm infancy Mr.
IAughtuu died Feb. =. 1881 and the. death
OF the mother occurred AT the daughters
home in Brlttleborn March IS. 1901 In
her girlhoOd Mrs. HodgkinS attended the
schools in Puney and the high school i'm
Wallingford. this state. Al the age of 20
she came To- BrattcbOIo To work ass 4
dressmaker, ana she continued in this o,-
cupation regularly until her marriage To
Mr.. Hodgkius, which took place June %
1903. Mr. and Mrs. IIodgkius lived i'm
Brattleboro until 1908. They spent sev-
GRAZ lloUlIS IN New DIX IN mat year and
i'm the fail Went to Concord, n H.. where
they lived until September, 1905. when
Mr. Hodgkins bought a general store in
Bondville. They made their home in
Bondville until last November when Mr.
Hodgkins entered the employ of Crosby N
Co. as a travelling salesman.
Mrs. Hodgkins displayed taste and skill
in her work and in the years in which
followed her regular vocation in BrattIe-
horO won ID wide circle of friends who
learned Of her trying illness and death
with sorrow. She possessed a winning
personality ana she faced the ordeal of
the last few months of her life uncom-
plainingly and with calmness, fortitude
and cheerfulness which showed depth of
character. She was a member of Dennis
Rebekah lodge ana of the Brattleburo
chapter, Daughters of the American Revo-
luton.
Mr. Hodgkins and Mr. ana Mrs George
T. Brockwly accompanied the body to
Putney Tuesday ana the funeral was held |
there Wednesday forenoon at 10 O'Clock |
in the Congregational church The pas
tor, Rev l.. w. Morey, oficiated and Mrs |
w, e Hubbard of Bratteboro sang |
Lead, Kindly Light and safe with the |
Master The bearers were Fred Camp |
bell of Dedham Mass, Herbert Laughton |
of Orange, Mass, and w A. Shumway |
and w. f. Hubbard Of Brattleboro. A |
delegation of IA members from Dennis |
Rebekah lodge attended the funeral and |
conducted their impressive ritual
Relatives from a distance included L. NJ. |
Hodgkins and Alrs Fred c. ellison of 81 |
Johnsbury, father and sister of Mr.. Hodg- |
kins; Mr.. ana Mrs, George f. Brockway of |
Warner, y. H., Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Camp
bell of Dedham Mass, and Herbert !
lAughton of Orange, Mass. all cousins
OF Mrs Hodgkins. IL, G. Black of Green
held an old friend of the family, was also
in aI1
BrattlcbOro and Putney
The burial was In the cemetery on PUT
uey West Hill. "A short distance from the
farm where Mrs. Hodglins was born