Dorothy Anne DUDLEY

1912 - 2008  (96 years)

• Name	Dorothy Anne DUDLEY
  Birth	11 Jan 1912	Charleston, Coles, Illinois
  Gender	Female
  Death	5 Nov 2008	Belmont, San Mateo, California
  Burial	Olivewood Cemetery, Riverside, California, SW cor. Section W-2
  Notes	1920 US Census in Charleston, Coles, Illinois 1930 US Census in Charleston, Coles, Illinois 1934, 11 Jun, graduated from Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts. From her Senior Yearbook: Dottie Anne Dudley, 895 Seventh Street, Charleston, Illinois, Teacher's College High School in Social Work, Y.W.C.A.; Scout Club; House Junior; Usher and Waitress, Commencement Week. Dorothy Dudley Zentmyer died November 5, 2008, in Belmont, California at age 96. Born in Charleston, Illinois, she graduated from Simmons College in Boston, and became a social worker specializing in foster children in New Haven, Connecticut, where she met and married George Zentmyer, a plant pathologist. They moved to Riverside in 1944, and she gave wholehearted support to his work at the Citrus Experiment Station and later at the University of California at Riverside. A loving, energetic and wise mother of their three girls, she contributed time and leadership skills to the PTA, the League of Women Voters and the UCR Campus Club. She was a vital member of the First Congregational Church, serving as deacon, trustee and choir member. Always interested in learning, she enjoyed the UCR community and savored her worldwide travels with George. A woman of dignity, she was gracious, and hospitable to the end. She leaves Elizabeth Dossa (Al), Jane Fernald (Geoff) and Susan Zentmyer (Clyde), all in the San Francisco Bay Area, and grandchildren Julia Dossa, Eli Fernald, Sarah Fernald, Andrea Kish and Jennifer LaMonte with great grandchildren Mia Kish and Grace LaMonte.
  Person ID	I296	Zentmeyer Main Tree
  Last Modified	22 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Dr. Gerald Brown DUDLEY,   b. 31 May 1875, Ashmore, Coles, Illinois d. 16 Jan 1958, Charleston, Coles, Illinois (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Esther Wilhoit SHOOT,   b. 12 Dec 1874, Clark, Illinois d. 1960, Charleston, Coles, Illinois (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	1905	Coles, Illinois
  Photos		Dudley House, 895 Seventh Street, Charleston, Illinois This Queen Anne Revival style house was purchased by Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Dudley in 1920 was occupied by them until their deaths in 1958 and 1960. It is in the National Register of Historic Places, and is currently the headquarters of the Coles County Historical Society.
  Family ID	F580	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Kenneth LeRoy BRERETON,   b. 31 Jul 1908, New Haven, Connecticut d. 18 Apr 1958, New York, New York (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	20 Feb 1937	Charleston, Coles, Illinois
  Photos		Newspaper articles reporting the Dudley - Brereton wedding, 20 Feb 1937 In the Charleston, Illinois Journal-Gazette, and the Decatur, Illinois Herald. (Out of town guests from Mattoon came from twelve miles away)
  Family ID	F581	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 May 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Dr. George Aubrey ZENTMYER, Jr.,   b. 9 Aug 1913, North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska d. 8 Feb 2003, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, California (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	24 May 1941	New Haven, Connecticut
  Children	1. Elizabeth Anne ZENTMYER   2. Jane Dudley ZENTMYER   3. Susan Dudley ZENTMYER
  Family ID	F115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2019

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Entrance to Olivewood Cemetery Olivewood is located at 3300 Central Ave, Riverside, CA 92506
  		Location of grave markers in Olivewood Cemetery About two hundred feet from the easternmost border of the southern half of the cemetery Image courtesy Gary Zentmyer
  		Headstone for Mary Strahorn Zentmyer, also Dorothy Dudley Zentmyer Located in Olivewood Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside, California Image by Gary Zentmyer