Garry Lane Hodges
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Garry Lane Hodges of Lee’s Summit, Missouri passed away on February 22nd at the VA Hospital while fighting a battle against cancer. Garry was born at Hamilton AFB, California on February 26, 1951 into an Air Force family. Garry was the 4th born of seven children to the late Quincy Mansel Hodges and Yvonne Francis Hodges Stewart.
Garry attended Southeast High School before enlisting in the Army where he served as a combat medic in Vietnam. Garry married his wife of 47 years Sherry Ann Hathaway and raised two children Jeff Hodges (April) and Jennifer Collins (Jason). He has one grandson Tyler Hodges.
Garry loved his family, gambling, a good drink, riding & racing motorcycles, flying airplanes, golf, scuba diving and hunting. Garry had a boisterous laugh and loved to tease and tell stories.
Garry worked for Western Electric Installation, AT&T as an engineer and later travelled the world for AT&T International until his retirement in 2001.
A brother and 3 sisters, many nieces, nephews and cousins who will cherish his memory survive Garry. A brother and a sister preceded him in death.
A celebration of life will be held Sunday March 4th 11AM to 1 PM at VFW Post 5789, 329 SE Douglas, Lee’s Summit, Missouri 64063. Burial Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The family request no flowers. It would make Garry happy if the next time you encountered a veteran you thanked them for their service or made a contribution to a veterans cause in his honor.
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So sorry for your loss. I enjoyed working with Gary, nice man! He will live on in your memories and hearts. Prayers.
Sherry. So sorry for your loss. I will be praying for you and the kids. It’s so hard to lose a husband or someone so close. We should meet up sometime for lunch. Will be thinking of you.
Sorry for your loss, my husband Greg Doepke went to school with him.
Sherry & Family,
I’m so sorry for your loss! He was a fun loving & crazy guy. My thoughts & prayers are with you all.
We will miss him dearly.
Sherry, Jeff, Jenn and Tyler so very sorry for your loss. He was a long time friend, a very funny guy and he will be miss by so very people. Prayers and positive thoughts are coming your way. RIP Garry and tell Chuck hello from his family. Thanks so much for you service.
Sherry so very sorry to hear of your great lost, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Sending lots of prayers, and hugs.
Pat and Lou Mandl
Sherry so very sorry to hear of your great lost, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Sending lots of prayers and hugs
Pat & Lou
Sherry, I’m so sorry to hear of Garry’s passing! You’re in my thoughts and prayers! May God give you comfort and peace.
Sherry so very sorry for your loss . I will keep you and Jeff and Jennifer in my thoughts. Sending you lots of hugs.
Karla & Ron
Sorry for your loss Sherry, Jeff & Jennifer. H will be missed. My prayers are with you.
Sherry
Roni and offer up a special prayer for you and your family. May you find relief from grief with Christ’s love.
Sherry and family, I’m so sorry for your loss. I’m thinking of you during this difficult time with lots of thoughts and prayers.
Janet McCarthy
I am sorry for the families loss.
I loved all my family despite differences. Love to Sherry Jeff and Jennifer. Mom will hug him..
My condolences to the family he left behind. Let there be strength in the love of your family.
Sherry, I am so sorry for your loss. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Tammy Welch
Im sorry for the loss. Spent alot of time at the house as a teenager, Garry was a real stand up guy.
Sherry- Sorry to hear of your loss. I will keep you & the family in my prayers.
Jackie VanDeBerghe
Sherry, I’m so sorry to hear of your loss. May God comfort you with his peace that surpasses our understanding.
Like many others, I’ve known Garry for a long time and got to him when he was with Western Electric. The longer one got acquainted with him the sooner you knew that he was quite a character — a very fun loving and jovial character with a bit of an honory twist.
Within all of his personality, Garry never met a stranger. He greeted everyone as if he knew them forever.
He was a jokster, a prankster and a vivacious playmaker with a huge laugh.
And he made the most of his fun loving life.
But through all of this, he was a devoted family man — father and husband.
And a very kind gentleman to all. Yeah, you miss these kind of people — you don’t them very often or nearly enough.
May he Rest In Peace.
Sherry – I am so sorry for your loss. We love seeing you on your visits to Memphis.
Pastor Mike at Grace Presbyterian Church, Bartlett TN
My Uncle was amazing man he was quite the character I have many fond memories one in particular I was working with him Omaha NE we had been working some long hours after driving up in snow storm we had been working a telephone office well this particular evening it was getting late and I had mentioned I was getting tired well Garry wasn’t having that and well there was BOOM from the battery room he comes stumbling out looking like Wiley Coyote after rocket explosion his fingers smoking and well he had hooked a string of batteries up wrong causing the BOOM good thing there was snow outside to cool himself off.