Winifred Groth Hodel

February 28, 1913 — December 11, 2009

Winifred Hodel, 96, formerly of 137 Westover Drive in Elkin, passed away Friday December 11, 2009 at Carol Woods Retirement Center in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Hodel was born February 28, 1913 in Fairfield, Minnesota to Fred and Elsie Groth. She married Earl M. Hodel in 1936 and moved from Minneapolis Minnesota to Elkin in 1937, where he assumed a position at Chatham Manufacturing Company. He passed away in 1986, and in 1990 she moved from Elkin to Chapel Hill. While living in Elkin, she was active in a variety of organizations. She served as District Secretary in the Elkin Women's Club, as President and also Secretary in the Yadkin Valley Garden Club, and was a member of Wednesday Study Club, Elkin Junior Music Club of NC Federation of Music Clubs, Hammond Organ Society, United Methodist Woman's Society, Hospital Auxiliary, and Elkin Public Library. Mrs. Hodel was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by a son, Richard E. Hodel & his wife Margaret Jones Hodel of Durham; a brother, Norman E. Groth of Edina, Minnesota; two grandchildren, Richard G.J. Hodel of Boone and Katherine K. Hodel of Durham. All services for Mrs. Hodel are private. Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church of Elkin, PO Box 69 Elkin, NC 28621, or an organization of the donor's choice.

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