Myrtle E. Hodges, 89, died Sept. 30, 2006, in South Portland,Maine.

Preceding her in death was her husband, Paul M. Hodges, a nativeof Brookhaven. They met 64 years ago, and moved the family toMaine.

She was a lifelong member of Trinity Episcopal Church inPortland.

Survivors are her sons, Richard P. Hodges of Waterford, Conn.,and Robert F. Hodges, of South Portland; her daughter, ElizabethHodges Maskasky, of Brookhaven; and her five grandchildren and fourgreat-grandchildren.

Mrs. Hodges will be buried at Forrest Hill Cemetery in SouthPortland.