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Dorothy-May Ellen (Daugherty) Podurgal was born on November 1, 1929, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, the daughter of Myra Avis (Wilbur) (Taylor) (Daugherty) Tuason (1899–1986) and her 2nd husband Arthur Chester Daugherty (1889–1950). {Dorothy-May's mother Myra was married 1st to Edward Burtram Taylor Sr (1899–1922), and she was married 3rd to Marshall C Tuason.}

Dorothy-May served in the US Army Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1947 to 1950, and was stationed at various Army posts during her service. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Colonel William Edmiston Chapter, and along with her husband, was a member of the Military Officers' Association of America (MOAA).

She was married about 1950 to Emanuel "Sam" Podurgal (1930–2017). Sam was in the US Army for 25 years, which necessitated many moves throughout the US and Germany, and Dorothy served as an elementary school teacher, a teacher for handicapped students and a teacher of English as a Second Language. At Fort Campbell, Kentucky she taught Basic Skills Education to military personnel, and she was also an adjunct professor at Austin Peay State University at the Fort Campbell Education Center for approximately eight years.

While living in Davenport, Iowa she was the Probation Supervisor for the 7th Judicial District, and became a licensed realtor when she was in Tucson, Arizona.

Dorothy-May's hobbies included quilt-making and gardening, and she also became a skillful wood-carver. She gave many of the quilts and wood carvings to family and friends. She was also a skilled skeet and trap shooter and was a member of the Illinois State Women's Skeet-Shooting Team.

Living in Montgomery County, Tennessee and a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, she was 86 years old when she died peacefully at home on January 9, 2016.

Dorothy-May was preceded in death by her parents, by half-brothers Hugh Lawrence Daugherty (1913–1991) and Victor Blaine Daugherty (1914–1966), brothers, Wilbur James Taylor, Edward Burtram Taylor Jr, Lee A Daugherty, John Everett Daugherty and Donald Robert Daugherty. Survivors included her husband, sister Marianna Elizabeth Daugherty Radabaugh, married brother Clarence Otto Daugherty {aka Gus Tuason}, a Tuason half-sister (1952– ),two sons and a daughter-in-law, a daughter and four granddaughters.

Funeral Services were held at Neal-Tarpley-Parchman Funeral Home, and burial was in Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West in Hopkinsville.

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Original obituary in THE LEAF-CHRONICLE on January 10, 2016