Dorothy M. Wodtly

Dorothy M. Wodtly
Dorothy M. Wodtly. Born April 26, 1934, passed away April 12, 2011. I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says: "There, she is gone!" "Gone where?" Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and she is just as able to bear the load of living freight to her destined port. Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says: "There, she is gone!" There are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices ready to take up the glad shout: "Here she comes!" And that is dying. ----- Henry Van Dyke. "A celebration will be held when the daisies bloom and the sea whales sing, and I will be released from this captivity to serve and honor our Lord for eternity." When she was born she cried while all around her smiled. She has lived her life so that now she smiles while we weep. Her beautiful daughters: Michaele Singleton and Teresa Ellis. Her grands: Amanda (Khaleel), Haley, Ashley (Luis) Scott (Josette), Shawn (Angela) and Tre. Her great-grands: Julianna, Justin, Jordan, Cydney, Rionne and Lilianna. Her much loved nephew, Ryan. Her sisters: Lois Davis (Bob), and Joyce Bales (Larry). Her great-grands will set free all color balloons, one for each year of her incarceration on earth, in a festival to commemorate this happy day. "A word of caution: Notice which way the winds blow." Cremation has taken place. There will be a celebration of her life on Sunday, April 17, 2011 from 2:00 PM until 6:00 PM at 3049 Chenoweth Road, Akron, Ohio, 44312.