Margaret Roberta Hodgson was born in Winnepeg, Manitoba Canada on August 27th, 1919 to Ruedella and Art Mains.

When she was four, the family moved to Hamilton, Ontario where she went to school. In her teen years, her art schooling included study with the Royal Canadian Artists, John and Hortense Gordon and John Sloan, a sculptor.

Summers were spent at Lake Erie, where one day at the age of 12, she was swimming with her father and decided to swim straight out into the lake after a borrowed boat! After that incident, her father bought a summer cottage at Cedar Springs, far away from any lake!

Cedar Springs was their summer home for many years and Margaret met and was courted by Fred Hodgson. They married on October 11, 1941. It was war time and Fred was posted to Valleyfield, Quebec, a small 98% French speaking town.

Their first son Fred was born on his father's birthday, September 28, 1943. (Margaret was 24 years old) The war with Japan ended and the family moved back to Ontario until they welcomed their second son Richard, on March 13, 1949.

When Richard was 2 years old, Margaret & Fred decided to join friends Lena and Bill Holman, art friends from school, and move to California. Their journey to California ended March 12, 1952, with help from their friends, where they began their new life in Whittier.

They lived in Whittier on Anola Street for 60 years. A year or two after they moved to Whittier, Lee and Dana Whipple started the Church of the Brethren and from opening day, Margaret helped care for the babies in the church's nursery. She then taught Sunday school, and then finally taught pre-school for 8 years.

Margaret was also an artist and an active member of the Whittier Art Association. Her career in the arts brought her recognition in Canada, Palm Springs and Laguna Beach, including recognition from the Studio Gallery she opened in Whittier, from 1979 to 1983.

Her life in Whittier was a very happy one with family, friends, gardening and the arts.

For the last year of her life, she resided in an assisted living home, Atria del Sol, in Mission Viejo. She was shown love and appreciation for her art by being honored with her own art show. Her remaining paintings were hung on the walls for display and are still there for viewing pleasure. Atria promoted the show and provided Margaret with one of the most memorable events of her life. She called it her big party. She felt accomplished, loved and expressed this thought, "how could I ask for anything more?"