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2021

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Eunice Hodgkins Obituary

Private family service for Eunice V. Hodgkins, 94, Lawrence, will be held at a later date. Mrs. Hodgkins died June 27, 2021 in her home.

She was born March 7, 1927 in Derby, England, the daughter of William and Vera Marshall.

She was educated in England, where she lived until 1953, when she emigrated to the U.S.A. She lived in Georgia, California and Iowa, before moving to Lawrence in 1980.

Mrs. Hodgkins worked as the bookkeeper for the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department from 1981 until her retirement in 1998. She was a volunteer for the Lawrence Humane Society from 1998 to 2008.

She married David O. Hodgkins on October 22, 1966. He died in 2009. Survivors include one daughter, Jennifer, 5 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. A daughter, Estelle, died in 2001 and sister, Joan, in 2010.

The family suggests memorials to the Lawrence Humane Society, in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence, KS, 66044.

Online condolences made at rumsey-yost.com

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Lawrence Journal-World on Jul. 4, 2021.

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