Bobby Dee Hodo

Age 92, passed away in his home Monday, February 28, 2022. Dee was born Monday, November 4, 1929 in Post, TX to S.D. and Fannie Mildrew Hodo. Dee grew up in West Texas during the Great Depression on various farms his dad worked as a sharecropper. In 1938, his family moved to Clovis, NM where Dee graduated from Clovis High School in 1948. In high school Dee was Master Counselor of DeMolay, secretary of the Boys Debating Club, VP of Student Counsel, treasurer of the Senior Class and president of the Junior Rifle Assoc. In 1949, Dee and his parents moved to Albuquerque.

In 1951, Dee was drafted into the Army. He was stationed at Indian Town Gap Military Reservation, PA. It is in Pittsburgh that he met his wife of 60 years, Lucinda (Cindy). They were married on Saturday, December 6, 1952. In 1953, Dee was discharged from the Army and he and Cindy moved to Albuquerque. They would welcome three children: Jill, Tim, and Holly.

Dee began working at age 13 for Piggly Wiggly in Clovis. He was a hard-working man who took great pride in his work. He was an entrepreneur who owned several businesses in his lifetime. He worked for Phillips Mercantile until he opened Pixie Discount Stores in 1968 with locations throughout NM.

Dee was a voracious reader and was very knowledgeable on many subjects. He always had a story to tell about his life during the depression, WWII, the Army, traveling and his business ventures. He loved to travel and had a list of places to visit and foods to try in his lifetime; he completed most of his list.

Dee was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. Everyone who met him liked him due to his sense of humor and the interest he took in them and their life stories.

He is survived by his children, Jill Bean (Skip), Timothy Hodo, and Holly Hodo-Kurz (Mike); grandchildren, Ben Spellman (Jamie), Michael Spellman (Amy), Ashley Fox (Andy), and Jeremy Kurz (Anna); five great-grandchildren; and his very dear friends, Chris and Gayle Rierson.

Services will be held Friday, April 8, 2022, 11:00 a.m., at FRENCH- Wyoming.