Obituaries

M. Todd HodgesCreative Director

M. Todd Hodges, 40, a creative director at Gratis Internet, a Washington-based company that earns money giving away iPods and other items to consumers who sign up for corporate promotions, died Sept. 2 at George Washington University Hospital. He had lung cancer.

Mr. Hodges, a District resident, spent the last few months of his life at Gratis. He previously was a contract art director in the marketing department of washingtonpost.com from March 2007 to April 2008.

Earlier, he was a creative director at public relations firms and was co-owner of an advertising agency, Blitz Creative Partners in Washington.

Michael Todd Hodges was a native of Jacksonville, Fla., and a 1990 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University. He settled in the Washington area in 1993 to work in graphic design.

He was a ceramics student at the Corcoran College of Art and Design, where he won an award in 2005 for outstanding achievement in ceramics. He taught color theory in the school's graphic design department.

Survivors include his mother, Patricia Hodges of Jacksonville; his father, retired Navy Cmdr. James Hodges of Stafford; and two brothers, Scott Hodges of Brunswick and Ryan Hodges of Jacksonville.

-- Adam Bernstein

Joseph F. MahoneyLoan Officer

Joseph F. Mahoney, 80, a retired loan officer who spent about 20 years with the Safeway grocery chain's credit union, died Oct. 5 at Inova Alexandria Hospital. He had diabetes.

Mr. Mahoney retired from Safeway in the early 1990s. He previously worked for the Pentagon Federal Credit Union, the Snelling and Snelling employment firm and Alexandria Hospital.

Joseph Francis Mahoney was a native of Worcester, Mass., and a graduate of Worcester State College. He served in the Navy during the Korean War.