UNIONVILLE – Hazel Hodgkins Flynn, 88, died Dec. 26, 2008, in Goshen, Ind. Hazel was born April 2, 1920, in Gouldsboro, to Albert H. Hodgkins and Alzada Gordon Hodgkins. She married Floyd T. Flynn, June 17, 1937. He predeceased her May 27, 2007. Hazel worked as a secretary for Wymans, Milbridge, for a number of years, and she and Floyd led Unionville Church of God for more than 20 years. Hazel loved the ocean, on which she was raised, and spent many happy days walking on the shore. She also loved to ride her motorcycle and for many years that was her favorite pastime. She loved poetry and was herself a great poet. She is survived by one daughter, Beverly Burt and her husband, Jerry, of Goshen, Ind.; one son, Willis E. “Bill” Flynn and his wife, Mattie, of Lawrenceville, Ill.; two grandsons, Jerry Burt Jr. and wife, Becky, of Goshen, Ind., and Michael Flynn and wife, Simone, of Petersaurch, Germany; two granddaughters, Shelley Flynn of Columbia, Md., and Rebecca Shaw and husband, Todd, of Peoria, Ill.; six great-grandchildren, Nicholas Jay Burt, Kristyn Burt, Jessica Burt, Dakota Flynn, Hannah Shaw and Ethan Shaw; and three nieces, Janice Callaway of Colorado Springs, Colo., Sharon Haas of Terre Hill, Pa., and Sheila Scofield of Terre Hill, Pa. In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by two brothers, Malcolm Hodgkins and Addison Hodgkins. Funeral services will be announced in spring 2009 at Unionville Church of God. Arrangements under the care of Crabiel-Riposta Funeral Home, 182 Waldo Ave., Belfast.
HAZEL HODGKINS FLYNN
