Donna Hodgden Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Donna Hodgden was born Donnie Lucille Wyche on September 20, 1923 in Haskell, Texas to Bernadine (Means) and Emmett Wyche. She passed away at the Alva Share Convalescent Home on the 10th day of July at the age of 87 years, 9 months and 20 days. She attended school in San Antonio, Texas and graduated from Brackenridge High School with the class of 1941. On August 8, 1941 she was married to Robert Stover in San Antonio, Texas. To their marriage three children, Gary Carolyn, and Dale, were born. During the next thirty years she raised their three children and was involved in many activities. Occasionally she worked at Sears as a bookkeeper, took classes at Northwestern Community College, coordinated art shows in Alva, volunteered to host artists coming into town, kept fit with the Walkie Talkie Team and playing bridge. Following Robert’s death in 1980 she and her son, Gary, ran Alva Concrete for twenty years until it was sold in 2000. She was a long time member of College Hill Church of Christ and gave generously to the church and numerous children’s homes. Donna was married to Ed Hodgden on February 14, 1988 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Following their marriage they made their home in Alva. Mrs. Hodgden was preceded in death by both of her husbands; a son Gary Lee Stover; her parents; and a sister Bobbie Wyche Hammond. Donna is survived by a daughter, Carolyn Nelson of Phoenix, Arizona; a son and his wife, Dale and Karen Stover of Abilene, Texas; three grandchildren and their spouses, Brandon and Kate Stover, Rachel and James Simmons and Guy and Nancy Stover; four great grandchildren; a sister, Dr. Pat Kuenstler; a daughter-in-law Wanda Haney; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. PDF Printable Version

Donna Hodgden

September 20, 1923 - July 10, 2011