Ruth Hodgson Site Contributor Ruth H. Hodgson enjoyed 100 years of family, friendships, travel, music, theater, reading, good food and good wine before her death on January 29, 2021. She grew up on a farm in Iowa with sisters, Vivian and MaryAlice, the daughters of Gail and Gazelle Hinton. Ruth met Harlow J. Hodgson at a local dance and married him prior to his enlistment in the Coast Guard in 1941. Her delight in travel began as she joined him on his WWII postings and continued during his employment as an agronomist for USDA in Palmer, Alaska and Washington, DC. Ruth had many wonderful talents and qualities.