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Dorothy Elizabeth <I>McGann</I> Dorn

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Dorothy Elizabeth McGann Dorn

Birth
Colón, Panama
Death
13 May 2006 (aged 83)
Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, USA
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 130, Lot 35025, Grave 2
Memorial ID
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Interred or re-interred on 13 Apr 2007.

DOROTHY MCGANN DORN
Born May 2, 1923 in Colon, Panama. Daughter of John T. McGann, originally of Boston, an engineer who worked on the Panama Canal; and Emily Stevens McGann, whose father was a ship's captain who possessed a license to sail the seven seas. Married in 1944 to Francis E. Dorn, who served from 1952-1960 as a representative in the United States Congress of the 12th district of Brooklyn, NY.
[Living relatives have been omitted here.]
Dorothy Dorn worked with a wide range of charitable organizations in Brooklyn, where she lived from 1947 until Mr. Dorn's death in 1987. In 1990 she moved to Palo Alto where she continued her charitable work as a volunteer at Stanford University Hospital. Her irrepressibly cheerful spirit will be missed by all who knew her.
Private services will be held for the family. In lieu of flowers please send contributions in her memory to Stanford University Medical Center for the Hospital Auxiliary [address omitted here].
San Francisco Chronicle, 15 May 2006

Her father, John T. McGann, was born 14 Sep 1882 in MA.

U. S. Consular Reports of Births
Dorothy Elizabeth McGann, born Colon Canal Zone on 2 May 1923, parents John Thomas McGann and Emily Sofie Stevens. Her father, age 42, was born in Boston, MA and her mother, age 21, was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Filed on 18 Jan 1923 in Republic of Panama, Province of Colon, Colon, Panama.
Interred or re-interred on 13 Apr 2007.

DOROTHY MCGANN DORN
Born May 2, 1923 in Colon, Panama. Daughter of John T. McGann, originally of Boston, an engineer who worked on the Panama Canal; and Emily Stevens McGann, whose father was a ship's captain who possessed a license to sail the seven seas. Married in 1944 to Francis E. Dorn, who served from 1952-1960 as a representative in the United States Congress of the 12th district of Brooklyn, NY.
[Living relatives have been omitted here.]
Dorothy Dorn worked with a wide range of charitable organizations in Brooklyn, where she lived from 1947 until Mr. Dorn's death in 1987. In 1990 she moved to Palo Alto where she continued her charitable work as a volunteer at Stanford University Hospital. Her irrepressibly cheerful spirit will be missed by all who knew her.
Private services will be held for the family. In lieu of flowers please send contributions in her memory to Stanford University Medical Center for the Hospital Auxiliary [address omitted here].
San Francisco Chronicle, 15 May 2006

Her father, John T. McGann, was born 14 Sep 1882 in MA.

U. S. Consular Reports of Births
Dorothy Elizabeth McGann, born Colon Canal Zone on 2 May 1923, parents John Thomas McGann and Emily Sofie Stevens. Her father, age 42, was born in Boston, MA and her mother, age 21, was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Filed on 18 Jan 1923 in Republic of Panama, Province of Colon, Colon, Panama.


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