Ernie Hodur, played on Rams State Championship Team; former Gloucester City resident

HODUR, ERNEST P.

Age 60, of Granville, MA passed away Monday, Sept 17, 2007 at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA.
Son of the late Harry and Patricia (Pugh) Hodur, he grew up in Camden and Gloucester, NJ moving to Granville MA 33 years ago. He graduated in 1965 from Gloucester Catholic High School and played basketball on the State Championship Team there in 1964.
Ernie attended Indiana State University and later completed electronics training. Ernie was an original founder of Comark Industries in Westfield, MA. He later moved to Andersen Laboratories in Bloomfield, CT working in sales, eventually becoming co-owner and President of the company until the mid 1990\’s. He purchased the Granville Country Store in 1997, where he was the \’Big Cheese\’ for nine years.
He was currently an electronic sales consultant for I.F. Engineering in Fabyan, CT. An active member of the community, he worked on the finance committee of the Granville Scholarship Fund and was a founder and co-coordinator of the \’Hidden Hills Mystery Ride\’ in Southwick, MA. He was an avid golfer and passionate motorcycle rider. A member of the STAR Motorcycle Group in Westfield, MA, he also enjoyed music and computers.
He restored an old farmhouse where his family has lived for 29 years. He leaves his wife and high school sweetheart Terry (Tripple) Hodur as well as daughter Elizabeth A. Hodur and Michael Wiener of Brooklyn, NY, and daughter and son-in-law Drs. Denise M. and John Millstine of Scottsdale, AZ.He leaves two grandsons Max and Spencer and a granddaughter.
He is survived by brothers Stephen Hodur of New Jersey and Jerome F. Hodur of Florida, and sisters Alexandra Walters of Feeding Hills, MA, Kitt Wulf of Michigan, and Deborah Finn of California. He leaves his father-in-law Herbert S. Tripple of Granville, MA, many Tripple family members and many Granville friends.
The funeral will be held Saturday Sept. 22, at 1:00 PM with a Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of the Lake Church, 224 Sheep Pasture Road, Southwick, MA. Burial will follow in Silver Street Cemetery, Granville, MA. His family will receive friends Friday Sept. 21 from 6-9 PM at the HAYES-HULING & CARMON FUNERAL HOME, 364 Salmon Brook St. (Rts 10 & 202), Granby, CT. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Granville-Tollands Citizens Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 214, Granville, MA 01034. For online condolences please visit our website at :
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