Elizabeth “Jean” Hodgkins, 89, passed away May 22 at a Bangor hospital. She was born July 12, 1925, in Schenectady, N.Y., the daughter of Philip and Mabel O’Brien.
Jean was a long time member of the First United Methodist Church in Brewer. Her greatest joy in life was spending her summers at her ocean front cottage in Steuben in the summer.
She was predeceased by her husband, Weston Hodgkins, in 2005; and brothers, Robert and Charles O’Brien.
She is survived by her son, Karl Rossi of Milbridge; grandchildren, Silas Rossi of New York, Kelsey Rossi of Colorado, and Saben Rossi of Massachusetts; and step sons, Bryan Hodgkins and Blair Hodgkins.
Jean will be sorely missed by her late husband’s extended Hodgkins family of Jefferson and beyond.
Services will be private for the family. Interment will be at the Maine Veterans Cemetery, Mt. Vernon Road, Augusta. Arrangements are under the care of Brookings-Smith Clark-Piper Chapel.