Leila Marie Waugaman, born November 5, 1921, was the daughter of Paul and Flora (Thompson) Waugaman of Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Leila was the sister of Julia Waugaman, St. Francis Class of 1948-S. Other siblings were Dorothy, John, Donald, Ruth, Elma, Carolyn, Paul, Charles, Nettie, Flora Belle, Sara, and Patricia.

During World War II, Leila was an Ensign in the US Navy, presumably in the Navy Nurse Corps. Her husband was William Everett Hodges, also a World War II Navy Veteran. He was born in 1917 and died in 1981 in Tucson, Arizona. Leila died on February 25, 1997, and they are both buried at South Lawn Cemetery, Tucson.