Dorothy Marie Davis was born on 30 Apr 1921 in Ringgold, Ohio
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4,5,6 She appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Philio, Muskingum Co., Ohio,
G in the household of her parents, Lewis J. Davis and Lottie E. Campbell.
18 She was doing house work at a hospital by 1940, reporting in 1940 she had worked 56 hours the last week of March, and 36 weeks the prior year, earning $324.
19 Dorothy appeared on the 1940 Federal Census of Zanesville, Muskingum Co., Ohio, at 1324 Enclid
G, enumerated 9 Apr 1940, in the household of Louise Heil, a hospital technician, along with three other hospital workers. She reported she had lived in Philo, Ohio, in 1935.
20 Dorothy graduated from the Good Samaritan School of Nursing, Zanesville, Ohio
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21 Dorothy was a nurse in the Army Nurse Corps, serving 22 months, one year of that in Europe. She was discharged in 1946 as a liuenant.
21 Dorothy married first Albert Andrew Frank Fink, son of Robert Fink and Magdalena Mauser, on 2 Jan 1946 in Columbus, Ohio
G. It appears they were married again after they returned to his home in Brooklyn, as they obtained a license there 5 Feb 1946.
7,8,9 Dorothy and Albert appeared on the 1950 Federal Census of New York, Queens Co., New York, at 82nd St.
G, enumerated 13 Apr 1950, reporting they lived in a home that was not on a farm, and had lived in a different house the year before. Their three children were listed as living with them.
22 Dorothy moved to Phoenix, Arizona
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23 She began working as a registered nurse at the Hoemako Hospital in Casa Grande in Jul 1956. She and her family were then living at 1328 East 5th St.
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23 Dorothy filed for divorce from Albert in 1958 in Pinal Co., Arizona
G. No record of the outcome has been found, but it was apparently granted as she remarried the following year.
10 Dorothy married second
Odus Lester Morris, son of
Leslie Odos Morris and
Maude McNatt, on 18 Aug 1959 in Los Angeles Co., California
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Florence Juanita Guffey and
Norma Natalia Peterson.
11 Odus adopted Dorothy's four children after their marriage.
24,25,26 Dorothy' wife Dorothy, a nurse, was working at the emergency room the night he was brought there, and he was so badly injured that she didn't recognize him until his face had been cleaned. He remained in a comma most of the time until his death days later.
27 Her husband died on 31 Oct 1962 in Pomona, Los Angeles Co., California
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28,29,30 Dorothy married third Marshall M. Wade, son of Mason P. Wade and Lida Fitch, on 27 Nov 1966 at the home of his daughter, 233 Walden Rd., Heath, Ohio
G. Rev. Gary L. Harbaugh of Grace Lutheran Church officiated. He was the widower of Myrtle L. Elliott.
12,13,14 Dorothy and Marshall settled in her home, at 727 Laredo Ave., Pomona, California
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12 They later returned to Ohio.
Her third husband died on 2 Sep 1973 in Licking Co., Ohio
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31,32 She was a registered nurse, employed by LPN Geriatic Nursing Center in Ohio
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33 Dorothy was living in 6871 Columbus Rd. SW, Granville, Ohio
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33 Dorothy died on 2 Nov 1982 in Columbus, Ohio
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15,6 She was buried on 5 Nov 1982 in Kirkersville Cemetery, Kirkersville, Ohio
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