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Theodore Franklin Hodgson

January 18, 1947 — February 19, 2024

Loving Husband, Father, Grandfather, and Brother

Theodore “Ted” Franklin Hodgson, 77, of Felton, passed away on Monday, February 19, 2024 at Christiana Hospital in Newark.

Ted was born in Baltimore, MD, on January 18, 1947, to the late Theodore F., Sr. and Anna Belle (Long) Hodgson. Ted loved God, Family, and Country, and served in the Air Force and Reserves as MSgt. for 24 years. He was a jet engine mechanic and a carpenter. He enjoyed woodworking, designing, and building furniture, and because of these skills, he became a problem solver. Even when he and his wife, Cheryl, moved from Baltimore to Delaware, he would cross over the Bay Bridge many times to complete household repairs for his mother and sister. He was always ready to volunteer his help to his family and church family. He was a long-standing member of Milford Church of God.

He will be greatly missed by his wife of 57 years, Cheryl Ann (Darby) Hodgson; son Jeffery Hodgson of Milford; daughter Andrea Hutchinson of Dover; five grandchildren: Sara Huston of Milford, James Hutchinson of Wilmington, Noah Hodgson of Milford, Rebecca Hutchinson of Dover, and Julianna Hodgson of Milford; four great grandchildren: Rowan Hutson, Ella Hanna and Emma Hutchinson of Milford, and Penny Hutchinson of Wilmington; three sisters: Gloria Mullen of Milford, Carol Wilson of York, PA, and Joyce Saddler of Pasadena, MD; brother Roy Hodgson of PA.

Ted was loved so much by the family he married into: Wayne Darby of Tensen, FL, Cathy Tripp of Goldsboro, NC, Dennis and Bindy Darby of Godwin, NC, Denise Darby of New Bern, NC, Scott and Melissa Darby of La Grange, NC, and all his nephews and nieces. They will all miss him and his zany antics.

A celebration of life and military honors will be held on at noon on Monday, February 26, 2024 in the sanctuary of Milford Church of God, 500 N. Walnut St. Milford, DE 19963. A time of viewing will take place on the same day beginning at 11:00am. Interment is private.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Milford Church of God in Ted’s honor.


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