Dottie's accomplishments were many - Baccalaureate and Masters from Fordham University achieved while working at a demanding full-time job; membership in Beta Gamma Sigma; retired at 80 years old as an accountant from Macy's Department Store commuting by bus and train in all kinds of weather; super-motivated gym member until Covid closed the gyms. She quietly battled the pain of several illnesses since childhood. Dottie was devoted to her family whose needs and feelings she always put before her own. Her prayers for the family were constant. Her 's was a life of quietly giving that shown a light of love over all of us. But a more brilliant light now shines down from Heaven guiding the path of all the loved ones she left behind. She will always be with us.
Dottie is survived by her sisters Loretta, Frances, and Bernadette, her nieces/nephews Jean Donahue (Bart Holland), Bernadine Donahue (Ken Sheehan), Chuck Donahue (Susan), Deirdre Williams (Gerard), Noah Moran, Brian Moran (Vilja), Michael Donahue(Angela), Tara Clyne (John), Cindy Martinez, Eddie Moran (Dana), her grand nieces/ grand nephews Charles and Alicia Holland, Kaitlyn and Krisitin Sheehan, Siobhan, Colleen, and Meaghan Donahue, Jerry Williams, Charlie, Lucy, and Joey Donahue, Sean Moran, Tracen Moran, Wyatt Moran, and sister-in-law Emily Moran.
Family will gather on Tuesday, April 12th 2022 from 8:30 to 9:30 am at Riverdale-on-Hudson Funeral Home, 6110 Riverdale Ave., Bronx NY. Funeral Mass 10 am St. Gabriel’s Church, Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.