Artist, businessman and local leader John Hodgins dies at 87

Photo of John Hodgins in February 2005 with an en plein air painting of his, courtesy of his daughter Joyce Dwyer.
Beloved local artist, Batavia businessman and former county legislator John Jay Hodgins died this morning. He was 87.
Born in Basom on Dec. 12, 1931 to Ora and Velma Hodgins