1922
2017
Frances Ellen Hodapp (Weidie)
was born in Mobile, Alabama on October 13, 1922. She died surrounded by her family's love on July 29, 2017. Frances was born at a pound and a half and defied all odds in surviving. Not only did she survive, she was a spitfire. The Sisters of Charity raised Frances in Mobile, Alabama in a Catholic orphanage. She eventually moved to California where she met the love of her life, Donald Wendell Hodapp, at a church dance in Santa Monica. They were married at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on December 28, 1948. Frances was a devoted homemaker and mother to their two children Monica Marie and Michael Donald. In 1986 after Don retired, they moved up to Northern California to be closer to their growing family. Frances loved to laugh and tell stories. She was an excellent baker, enjoyed playing the marble game, could sew anything under the sun and loved her family dearly. Frances is preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Donald Hodapp. Frances is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Monica and Joe McConologue of Citrus Heights, CA; son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Deborah Hodapp of Roseville, CA; grand-daughter and husband, Kelly and Dale Paolucci of Granite Bay, CA; grand-daughter and boyfriend Megan Hodapp and Mikey Nguyen of Sacramento, CA; great grand-daughters Haley and Ashley Paolucci of Granite Bay, CA. Her parents Henry and Bertha Weidie, her grandmother Margaret Crenshaw, her sisters Marguerite Wolfe and Jeannette Wills and her brothers John Henry Weidie and Claude Weidie, also preceded Frances in death. We love you very much and you will be missed greatly by all. Thank you for being an amazing daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandma, great grandma, friend and so much more. Your legacy will live on in each of us.
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January 25, 2018
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Rosalie Ingle
I know it has been awhile since her passing, but I can finally think about Frances with a smile. She truly was special to me. She loved telling her story at our meetings and I loved letting her tell it. I will miss her.
August 25, 2017
Karen Wills Lanier
Dear Monica, Michael, Kelly, Megan & Family,
So very sorry for your loss of such a wonderful Mother & Grandmother. May God Bless you all. She was such a good friend and Honorary Mother to me also. I will miss our long phone conversations and the love she shared with me. Sending you much love and my deepest sympathies. Love, Karen
August 18, 2017
Etta Mae Mitchell
Frances and I were in the same orphanage together as little babies we are like sisters and have remained friends all of these years. I watched her raise her children and I will truly miss my dear dear friend. May God Bless her family and may they find peace in the beautiful life she lead.
Love to you all,
Etta Mae
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