Evelyn Hope Hodge

She was born April 6, 1917, in Tarkio, Mo., the daughter of Alvie and Mattie (Swift) Belding.

Mrs. Hodge was a food-service worker at Fort Logan, Colo.

She was a member of VFW Ladies Auxiliary and Colorado Public Employees Retirement Assn.

She married William B. Hodge on May 26, 1932, in Tarkio. He died earlier.

Survivors include a daughter, Patricia Manlove, Ozawkie; a son, John Hodge, Sun City, Ariz.; a brother, Alvie Belding, Springfield, Mo.; two sisters, Mary Glasgow, St. George, Utah, and Ramona Hadl, Aurora, Mo.; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

A granddaughter died earlier.

The family will greet friends from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary.

The family suggests memorials to the VFW Auxiliary Bereavement Fund, sent in care of the mortuary.