OBIT:  Ruth Porter DODDS, 1999, formerly of Somerset County, PA
  
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  DODDS
  
    Ruth Porter Dodds, 87, wife of the late George H. Dodds
  and a long-time resident of the Western Pennsylvania area,
  died at the home of her daughter in Portsmouth, Va. on Feb.
  28, 1999.  She had worked at various professional secretarial
  positions in the Pittsburgh area prior to retiring to
  Confluence after the death of her husband in 1972.  She
  continued to be active in several civic organizations and
  worked part-time at Mountain Real Estate in that town.
  Member of the United Methodist Church of Confluence.  Mrs.
  Dodds moved to Ballmead, part of Presbyterian SeniorCare in
  Washington, Pa., in 1994.  She is survived by her daughter
  and son-in-law, Leslie and Jerry Ange; two granddaughters
  and their husbands, Wendy and Steve Barnes and Tracy and
  Chris Miale; and four great-grandsons: Brandon, Justin, Joey
  and Christopher, all of Portsmouth, Va.  Surviving siblings
  include Jane Marshall, Olive Jumet and John Porter of
  Washington, Pa., and Robert Porter of Florida.  Preceded in
  death by two sisters, Grace Porter Miller and Dorothy Potter
  Sanders.  A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday,
  March 6, in Hillsview Chapel at Presbyterian SeniorCare, 825
  South Main St., Washington, Pa.  Memorial donations may be
  made to United Methodist Church of Confluence, Pa. (15424)
  or Garden Club of Ballmead Presbyterian SeniorCare in
  Washington, Pa. (15301).
  
  Daily American   Mar. 2, 1999
  
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