Karen A Hodgman

Karen Ann Spencer Hodgman was born on March 16, 1946, in Traverse City, Michigan to Pearl Spencer Wind and Theodore Spencer. She grew up in Spencer Michigan and graduated from Kalkaska High School in 1964. Karen attended Great Lakes Christian College in Lansing, Michigan for one year. While at Great Lakes she met Richard Hodgman, who was then a student at MSU. During Rich’s senior year, he proposed to Karen and they were married on June 15, 1968. As a young married couple, Richard and Karen led the high school youth group at South Lansing Church of Christ for four years and were instrumental in the creation of a group called HOPE which resulted in many dynamic Christian leaders. On July 15, 1973, Rich and Karen were blessed with their daughter, Mary Deb. In 1975 they moved to Kalkaska. Karen became very active in the community of Kalkaska and Kalkaska Church of Christ. Her organizational skills became a huge asset to the church. She was wedding coordinator for many years, assistant to the Wilderness Christian Camp director for high school week for several years, extremely active in many women’s ministry activities, as well as youth activities and the baby pantry. Her significant dedication to the Kalkaska community continued until her passing. Karen will be remembered as a lady that loved to bless people, whether they be family, friend, or stranger. Most importantly, she will be remembered as a lady that loved Jesus with all of her heart. She was preceded in death by her parents Pearl and Ted. She will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 51 years Dr. Richard Hodgman, her daughter Mary Deb (Dean) Rabourn. Karen was especially proud of her three grandchildren; Alec, Katie, and Spencer. She was also survived by her siblings; Barb (Mike) Imhoff, Nancy (Rick) Chickering and Melvin (Rhonda) Spencer, as well as many cherished nieces and nephews and greats. There will be a drive-in funeral service to celebrate Karen’s life on Wednesday, April 8 at 6 PM at the parking lot of the Kalkaska Church of Christ, 1725 W. Kalkaska Rd. The service will be streamed live at www.facebook.com/kccwired. In lieu of flowers, the family is asking that donations be made to the Kalkaska Church of Christ Cornerstone project. Arrangements have been entrusted to Kalkaska Funeral Home and Cremation Services. The service can also be found at the YouTube link below. http://youtube.com/user/kccwired

Karen A Hodgman

March 16, 1946 - April 4, 2020