Wilfred I. Hodsden Jr.

Wilfred I. Hodsden Jr. NORTH CAPE MAY, N.J. - Wilfred I. Hodsden Jr., 86, of North Cape May, passed away Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010 at the North Cape Center. Born in Portsmouth Aug. 1, 1924, he was the son of the late Wilfred I. and Ruth E. (nee Knowles) Hodsden. Wilfred graduated in 1941 from Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth and served his apprenticeship as a machinist in the Norfolk Navy Yard. He served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II in Europe with a combat engineering battalion and was discharged as a T/4. After military service, he attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute, where he graduated in 1950 with a degree in mechanical engineering. Wilfred retired from Potomac Electric Power Co. in Washington, D.C., in September 1989 with 31 years of service. He resided in Silver Spring, Md., for 41 years before moving to Cape May in 1998 to be closer to his family. Wilfred was preceded in death by his brother, William W. Hodsden in 2009. He is survived by his sister-in-law, Anna Miller Hodsden and her three sons, William W. Hodsden Jr., Robert James Hodsden of Cape May and Michael Joseph Hodsden of Cantonment, Fla. There will be a funeral at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, at Evoy Funeral Home, 3218 Bayshore Road, North Cape May, where friends may call from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Interment will follow the service at Cold Spring Cemetery. The family suggests contributions in Wilfred's memory to a charity of your choice. To share condolences, please visit www.evoyfuneralhome.com.