Myrtle Mae Dodd

Myrtle Mae Lewis Dodd of Centreville, MD died at Corsica Hills Nursing Home, Centreville, MD on Wednesday, April 9, 2008. She was 88. Born August 15, 1919 in Centreville, MD, she was the daughter of the late Henry Coursey Lewis, Sr. and Myrtle Mae Cornman Lewis. She graduated from Centreville High School, Class of 1936 and then attended Washington College for one year and then attended Nursing School in New York for one year. She later graduated from Strayers Business School in Baltimore, MD. During World War II she worked at the Defense Plant in Chestertown, MD. On March 22, 1944 she married Thomas D. Dodd of Carmichael, MD. After she had raised her children, in 1961 she went to work for Ed Green’s Feed Mill in Ridgely, MD. In 1964 she began working as Clerk of the District Court in Centreville, MD where she retired in 1982. She was an active member of the Church Hill United Methodist Church where she sang in the choir and taught Sunday School. She loved harness horse racing and spending time with her grandchildren. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Dodd is survived by two sons, Thomas Donahue Dodd, Jr. of Destin, FL and H. Lewis Dodd of Sudlersville, MD; four grandchildren, Henry L. Dodd, Jr. of Millington, MD; Teresa Donna Peterson of Centreville, MD, Jennifer Lee Bender of Millington, MD and Darrin Dodd of FL; two step grandchildren, Kristin DeCorte and Amy McKosky and five great grandchildren, Brooke Elizabeth Dodd, Jacob Henry Dodd and Marshall Thomas Dodd, all of Millington, MD, Miranda Jennifer Peterson and Macey Joanna Peterson, both of Centreville, MD and three step great grandchildren. She was pre-deceased by a brother, Henry C. Lewis, Jr. who died in WWII. Funeral services will be held at the Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P. A., Centreville, MD on Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 2:00 PM where friends may call from 7:00 to 9:00 on Friday evening. Burial will be at Chesterfield Cemetery, Centreville, MD. Memorial donations may be made to the Church Hill United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 6, Church Hill, MD 21623, Hospice of Queen Anne's Inc., 255 Comet Drive, Centreville, MD 21617 or to the Alzheimer's Association, Eastern Shore Chapter, 209C Milford St., Salisbury, MD 21804.

Myrtle Mae Dodd

August 15, 1919 - April 9, 2008