- Date Of Birth: January 16, 1924
- Date Of Death: June 9, 2017
- State: Colorado
Lorraine Hodel went to be with her Lord and Savior June 9th, 2017. She was born in Belvidere, Illinois, January 16, 1924. Her father worked for the Chicago Northwestern Railroad and her mom was a full time mom, teacher and a wonderful cook, a talent which she thankfully passed on to our Mom and her sister. Lorraine, our Mom, was trained as a Cadet nurse for World War II at Lutheran Deaconess Hospital in Chicago but by the time she graduated the war had just ended. She later worked at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, and hospitals in Belvidere and Madison, WI. She met and married our Dad, Ron Hodel, a pharmacist who had just gotten out of the army only the day before their wedding. After a brief time in Chicago, they made their home in Colorado where they raised ïééve kids and along with Ron’s brothers, opened four drugstores in Bear Valley, Belcaro, Boulder, and Northglenn. Mom enjoyed working alongside our Dad; together making Hodel’s Drug a friendly neighborhood store. After selling their remaining store in 1990, the two of them enjoyed traveling and seeing family with their frequent airline ïé’Å¡yer pass- sometimes traveling every week to a different destination.
