Obituary of Dorothy J. Garvey

Dorothy J. Garvey, 80, of 816 Spring Street, died Thursday May 13, 2010, in WCA Hospital. She was born September 6, 1929, in the Town of Harmony, NY a daughter of the late James and Grace Loomis Hodges. She was a 1948 graduate of Sugar Grove High School. Prior to her retirement in 1992 she was employed by Ames Department Store for 12 years as a jewelry clerk. She earlier had worked for Hills and Bigelow's Department Stores and in Warren, PA for New Process Co. and Bell Telephone Co. She was a devoted Elvis fan, collector of jewelry and dolls and was also an accomplished seamstress who made clothing for many of her family members. Surviving are two daughters Karen (Marcus Greenfield) Garvey of Jamestown and Carol (Bruce Blood) Garvey of Little Valley; four granddaughters Tracy Jean (David) Woodfield of Fredericksburg, VA, Carrie Ann (Chris) Thompson of Glendale, AZ, Melissa Gail (Greg Barber) Emke of Falconer and Jessica Danielle Emke of Jamestown; five great grandchildren Christian, Madeline, Lilliann, Gracie and Daniel; a brother Walter (Sue) Hodges of Sugar Grove, and a sister Mert (Chet) Carlson of Gerry, NY. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Donald F. Garvey, whom she married July 9, 1955, in Warren and who died January 17, 2009, a son Curt Alan Garvey May 28, 1964, a brother Harold Hodges and a sister Evelyn Taylor. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Lind Funeral Home. Burial will be in Lake View Cemetery. Friends will be received from 7-9 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Chautauqua County Humane Society, 2825 Strunk Road, Jamestown, NY 14701. You may light a candle in remembrance of Dorothy at www.lindfuneralhome.com.