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Michael J. Dodson

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Michael J. Dodson

Birth
Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA
Death
21 Jan 2019 (aged 76)
Normal, McLean County, Illinois, USA
Burial
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Michael J. Dodson, 76, of Normal, Illinois, died Monday, January 21, 2019, at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center in Normal.

Michael was born April 26, 1942, in Danville, Illinois to Earl and Florence N. (Schultz) Dodson.

He is survived by a sister, the Rev. Rosemary L. Dodson of Bloomington; a niece, Martha Hildebrandt of St. Paul, Minnesota and a nephew, David Dodson of Charleston, Illinois.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, James and John.

Mike was a graduate of Danville High School and Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee. (economics major). Throughout his career he sold field seed and garden supplies (Dodson Seed Store in Danville), managed a computer store and worked for Mitsubishi Motors in Normal.

Mike was a person of great faith. Over the years he served the church as a Sunday School teacher, elder, clerk of session, deacon and choir member. He deeply enjoyed music and participated in Cantus Novus as well as church choirs. For 10 years he volunteered for Faith and Action as a driver for persons needing dialysis treatment.

He was a Rotarian in Danville and belonged to the Young Men's Club in Bloomington.

Commercial-News (Danville, IL)
Michael J. Dodson, 76, of Normal, Illinois, died Monday, January 21, 2019, at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center in Normal.

Michael was born April 26, 1942, in Danville, Illinois to Earl and Florence N. (Schultz) Dodson.

He is survived by a sister, the Rev. Rosemary L. Dodson of Bloomington; a niece, Martha Hildebrandt of St. Paul, Minnesota and a nephew, David Dodson of Charleston, Illinois.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, James and John.

Mike was a graduate of Danville High School and Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee. (economics major). Throughout his career he sold field seed and garden supplies (Dodson Seed Store in Danville), managed a computer store and worked for Mitsubishi Motors in Normal.

Mike was a person of great faith. Over the years he served the church as a Sunday School teacher, elder, clerk of session, deacon and choir member. He deeply enjoyed music and participated in Cantus Novus as well as church choirs. For 10 years he volunteered for Faith and Action as a driver for persons needing dialysis treatment.

He was a Rotarian in Danville and belonged to the Young Men's Club in Bloomington.

Commercial-News (Danville, IL)


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