Eleanor Ernestine Wormwood, 65, of Leonardtown, MD, passed away peacefully in her home in Leonardtown, MD on April 6, 2012. Eleanor was born in Washington, D.C. on November 28, 1946. She was the daughter of the late Ernest Smith Hodges and Eleanor S. Pogue of Bushwood, MD.

She was a woman of many names, known by friends and family as "Ernie", "Baby-Sister", and "Mimi."

She attended St. Mary's Academy, St. Mary's College, and received her Bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland. She later received her Juris Doctorate from George Washington University and a Masters Degree in Public Policy from the University of Maryland.

She retired from the Montgomery County Government after 25 years of service and moved on to teaching. She was a professor at College of Southern Maryland, St. Mary's College, Leonard Hall Junior Naval Academy, and the Florida Institute of Technology. Writing poetry about her life experiences and those she loved was her greatest passion. She attended poetry workshops in California and Ireland and read her work at the Library of Congress.

Eleanor is survived by her sister, Anna Louis Yates of Colton's Point, MD; her brother, Frank Harper Hodges of Bushwood, MD; her daughter Amy Wormwood McGuire of Seattle, WA; her son, Alexander Hodges Sgambato of Charlotte, NC; and her daughter, Sydney Pogue Sgambato of Leonardtown, MD.

Family will receive friends for Eleanor's Life Celebration on Thursday, April 12, 2012 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650. A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of St. Mary's , P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650.

Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A. Leonardtown, MD.