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Dorothy Waldron

Warrington, PA

June 4, 1932 - April 14, 2012

Dorothy Waldron Obituary

Dorothy H. Waldron of Warminster, Pa. passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, April 14, 2012, with her husband and family members at her side. Dorothy is survived by husband of 30 years, Michael Waldron; her sister, Yvonne Neithercott; her sons, Peter Graber of Philadelphia and Steven Graber of California; her step-children, Vicky Gordon, Catherine Shaw, Bill Waldron, Joe Waldron, Trish Kingsbauer and Mary Tennison; her grandchildren: Tom Walters, Mark Graber, Tina Ruble, Chris Waldron, Maggie, Katie, Vickie and Debbie Waldron, Clayton Tennison, Madison and Griffin Kingsbauer, and great-grandchildren, Cloe and Josiah Ruble and Eleanor Graber; and her nieces, Debbie Curlett and Joyce Wolfe, as well as great-nieces and nephews. Dorothy, originally of the Germantown section of Philadelphia graduated with the class of 1950 from Germantown High School. She worked as a draftsman and cartographer for her professional career, ending with Patton Maps, Inc. of Doylestown, Pa. She was active in the Scottish American Society and an active member of The Presbyterian Church of Warminster where she belonged to the sewing circle and helped create many intricate articles for the church. Dorothy was an avid crafts person winning many blue ribbons for crochet, knitting and particularly quilting at the Grange and County Fairs. Recently Dorothy had been creating homemade quilts for returning wounded veterans through the Veteran's Administration, donating six separate quilts. Dorothy also worked through her medical care with the Doylestown Health Foundation as a pioneer for medical treatments, helping advance the care of future patients for heart treatments. Funeral services will held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 20 2012 at Warminster Presbyterian Church, 500 Madison Avenue, Warminster. The family will receive friends Thursday evening April 19th from 6 to 8 p.m. at The Shelly Funeral Home, 1460 Easton Road, Warrington and also from 10 am to 11 a.m. Friday at the church. Interment will follow the funeral services at Union Cemetery in Richboro. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Doylestown Hospital Hospice, c/o development office, 595 W. State St., Doylestown PA 18901.

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