OBIT: Mary Adaline (BIRKHIMER) DODSON, 1958, Roaring Spring, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Michael S. Caldwell Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ MARY ADALINE DODSON Of 223 Main St., Roaring Spring, formerly of East Freedom, died at 11.40 a.m. Thursday in Nason Hospital. Mrs. Dodson was born Dec. 19, 1866, in Johnstown, a daughter of Charles and Sarah (Hanley) Birkhimer. Her husband, Edward, died in 1933. Surviving are eight children, Mrs. Sadie Feathers and Mrs. Jennie Smeltzer of Roaring Spring, Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner of Harrisburg, Mrs. Pearl Mowry of Lakemont, Mrs. Edith Stoker of Altoona, James of Oregon and Charles and Wilford of East Freedom; 28 grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Mae Nofsker of Roaring Spring and Mrs. Pearl Deeter of Washington, D.C. Mrs. Dodson was a member of the Church of God. Friends will be received at the Thompson Funeral Home, Roaring Spring, after 7 p.m. today. Blair County Genealogical Society, Hoenstine Collection of Obituaries, volume 28, p. 43, 1958 volume, hand-dated 12-12-58 [Altoona Mirror, December 12, 1958]