BioA: Hodd, Mr. & Mrs. Robert (Silver – 1965)    

Contact: Dinah Reinke

Email: dinah@wiclarkcountyhistory.org  

Surnames: Hodd, Rabehl, Johnson, Bogue, Koplitz, Roos

------ Source: Tribune-Phonograph (Abbotsford and Colby, Clark Co., Wis.) 07/01/1965

------ Hodds, Mr. & Mrs. Robert (Silver – 30 JUN 1965)

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hodd of Abbotsford were the guests of honor at a silver wedding anniversary celebration given for them by their daughter, Carol, and Alvin Rabehl Jr. at the city hall Monday night.

A reception was held at 8 o’clock.  A beautiful decorated cake was served as a centerpiece at the table when lunch was served.

Relatives who attended were Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Johnson (June Hodd) and his mother of Medford, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bogue and two children of Watseka, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. Harris Johnson and two children of Withee, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Koplitz and daughter of Curtiss and Mr. and Mrs. John Roos of Oregon, Ill.

Friends attended from Unity, Spencer, Medford, Dorchester and Abbotsford.

Robert Hodd and Miss Cecil Bogue were married at Withee June 30, 1940, and were attended by her sister, Edna Bogue, and Harold Koplitz, both present at the silver anniversary celebration.

The Hodds built the Abby Theater in 1948 and the following year came to Abbotsford and made their home there since that time.

They are the parents of three daughters and three sons; Mrs. Gerald (June) Johnson of Medford, Carol, Jerry, Janet and David, all at home.  A son, Robert, met accidental death in a highway accident after the family came to Abbotsford.