In Memory Of
Richard Hodges
1922
2012
Richard Hodges
February 12, 1922 — August 12, 2012
Richard H. "Dick" Hodges, 90, of Topeka, died August 12, 2012 at Midland Hospice House. Mr. Hodges was born in Topeka on February 12, 1922, the son of W. Carl and Lucy Stone Hodges.
Dick was an honor graduate of New Mexico Military Institute and the University of Kansas, where he obtained a degree of BSArcheE. He also attended Topeka High School and the University of Colorado, and was a member of Phi Delta Theta social fraternity and of Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Tau, honorary engineering fraternities.
Dick was an officer in the Army Corps of Engineers in World War II. His service included 2 years in the South Pacific Theater.
He was a structural engineer with Finney & Turnipseed, P.A., Consulting Engineers for 40 years. He developed the office procedures and computer programs for the structural design of buildings, trained the newer engineers and personally did the structural design for more than a hundred buildings, retiring in 1987.
Dick was in the Cub Scout program, along with his wife, for a number of years being Cubmaster of Packs 3 and 41. He was Boy Scout Troop Committee Chairman for Troop 3 for a number of years when his sons were scouts.
He was a long time member and former Chairman of the Board of Deacons of Westminster Presbyterian Church, a 57 year member of the Topeka Lions Club, a former member of Shawnee Country Club, a member of Orient #51 Masonic Lodge, a member of the Arab Shrine Legion of Honor Unit and a member and for six years a Director of the Arab Shrine Greeters Unit.
He married Ruth Johnson of Washington, Kansas in 1947 in Topeka. She survives. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Merrilee Hodges; and a sister, Dorothy Cleland.
Other survivors include three sons, Randall Hodges (Deborah) of Topeka; Robert Hodges of Manhattan Beach, California; and Steve Hodges (Josefina) of Lisle, Illinois; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, August 17, 2012 at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel. The family will receive friends from 6:00-7:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorial Contributions may be made to: the Arab Shrine Children's Fund and sent c/o the Arab Shrine Temple, 1305 S. Kansas Avenue, Topeka, KS 66612; the Capper Foundation Easter Seals, 3500 SW 10th, Topeka, KS 66604; or to the Brewster Place Foundation, 1205 SW 29th St., Topeka, KS 66611.
Dick was an honor graduate of New Mexico Military Institute and the University of Kansas, where he obtained a degree of BSArcheE. He also attended Topeka High School and the University of Colorado, and was a member of Phi Delta Theta social fraternity and of Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Tau, honorary engineering fraternities.
Dick was an officer in the Army Corps of Engineers in World War II. His service included 2 years in the South Pacific Theater.
He was a structural engineer with Finney & Turnipseed, P.A., Consulting Engineers for 40 years. He developed the office procedures and computer programs for the structural design of buildings, trained the newer engineers and personally did the structural design for more than a hundred buildings, retiring in 1987.
Dick was in the Cub Scout program, along with his wife, for a number of years being Cubmaster of Packs 3 and 41. He was Boy Scout Troop Committee Chairman for Troop 3 for a number of years when his sons were scouts.
He was a long time member and former Chairman of the Board of Deacons of Westminster Presbyterian Church, a 57 year member of the Topeka Lions Club, a former member of Shawnee Country Club, a member of Orient #51 Masonic Lodge, a member of the Arab Shrine Legion of Honor Unit and a member and for six years a Director of the Arab Shrine Greeters Unit.
He married Ruth Johnson of Washington, Kansas in 1947 in Topeka. She survives. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Merrilee Hodges; and a sister, Dorothy Cleland.
Other survivors include three sons, Randall Hodges (Deborah) of Topeka; Robert Hodges of Manhattan Beach, California; and Steve Hodges (Josefina) of Lisle, Illinois; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Friday, August 17, 2012 at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel. The family will receive friends from 6:00-7:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorial Contributions may be made to: the Arab Shrine Children's Fund and sent c/o the Arab Shrine Temple, 1305 S. Kansas Avenue, Topeka, KS 66612; the Capper Foundation Easter Seals, 3500 SW 10th, Topeka, KS 66604; or to the Brewster Place Foundation, 1205 SW 29th St., Topeka, KS 66611.
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Service Schedule
Past Services
Visitation
Thursday, August 16, 2012
6:00 - 7:30 pm (Central time)
Penwell-Gabel - Mid-Town Chapel
Memorial Service
Friday, August 17, 2012
Starts at 3:00 pm (Central time)
Penwell-Gabel - Mid-Town Chapel
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