Obituary, Dolores Dance

 

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Dolores Dance, 84, long-time resident of Pawling, passed away Sunday, September 25, 2016 at the home of her daughter in LaGrangeville, NY.

A resident of Pawling for 47 years and also a former resident of Howard Beach, Dolores was born in Brooklyn on August 3, 1932, and was the daughter of Patrick and Margaret (Coady) Predham. She married Thomas Dance in Yonkers on August 12, 1964; he predeceased her on August 25, 2015.

Dolores was an accountant for the former Lovely Hill Nursing Home in Pawling for many years before she retired.

Dolores loved playing bingo at the Pawling Fire House and made beautiful pressed flower pictures that she sold at local craft fairs.

She is survived by her son, Thomas Dance, Jr. of Pawling; two daughters, Stephanie Dance-Villetto of LaGrangeville, NY and Elizabeth (Butch) Verrier of Tucson, AZ; a brother, Richard Predham of Pawling; four granddaughters, Deanna & Kayla Villetto, Desiree Verrier, and Sasha Park Dance; two sisters-in-law, Judy Predham of New Hampshire and Margaret (Robert) O’Reilly of New Jersey; and many nieces and nephews.

In addition to her husband and parents, she is predeceased by two brothers, Patrick and William Predham and a sister, Margaret Goodin.

Family and friends may call at the Horn & Thomes, Inc. Funeral Home, 83 East Main Street, Pawling, Friday 6-8 PM.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday at 10 AM at St. John’s Church, Pawling.  Burial will follow is Pawling Cemetery, Pawling.

To leave an online condolence, please visit www.hornandthomesfuneralhome.com.

Author: Harlem Valley News