Maryanne was born Mary Annie Phillips to Joe Clyde and Bertha Violet (Blizzard) Phillips on Jan. 17, 1945, in Boissevain, Va.
In 1966 she married David Dodd, son of Harriman Cleveland and Barbara Mitchel (Jacobs) Dodd, who swept her away from her family to Baumholder, Germany, where they started their married life. They would have been married 53 years in December.
She graduated from Jacksonville State University (Jacksonville, Ala.) with a B.S. in education in June 1972. Her lifelong career in education started that fall. She was a member of Lakewood Presbyterian Church, where she served as a Sunday school teacher and elder, operating latchkey and summer day care programs before and after school there for 15 years before retiring.
She was preceded in death by her infant daughter, Mary Elizabeth; parents, Joe and Bertha Phillips; stepfather, Beecher Worley; sister, Betsey Carrol Phillips; brother, Joe Clyde Phillips Jr.; and unnamed infant, Phillips.
Maryanne is survived by her husband, David, of 52 years; their three children, Joseph (Donna) Dodd, Rebecca (Brad) Buescher and Suzanne (Robbie) Farley; five grandchildren, Nate, Abbi, Andrew, Ben, and Addie; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
A Celebration of her Life will be held at Lakewood Presbyterian Church at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019.
Memorials may be made to Lakewood Presbyterian Church. Please visit www.newtacoma.com.
Maryanne was born Mary Annie Phillips to Joe Clyde and Bertha Violet (Blizzard) Phillips on Jan. 17, 1945, in Boissevain, Va.
In 1966 she married David Dodd, son of Harriman Cleveland and Barbara Mitchel (Jacobs) Dodd, who swept her away from her family to Baumholder, Germany, where they started their married life. They would have been married 53 years in December.
She graduated from Jacksonville State University (Jacksonville, Ala.) with a B.S. in education in June 1972. Her lifelong career in education started that fall. She was a member of Lakewood Presbyterian Church, where she served as a Sunday school teacher and elder, operating latchkey and summer day care programs before and after school there for 15 years before retiring.
She was preceded in death by her infant daughter, Mary Elizabeth; parents, Joe and Bertha Phillips; stepfather, Beecher Worley; sister, Betsey Carrol Phillips; brother, Joe Clyde Phillips Jr.; and unnamed infant, Phillips.
Maryanne is survived by her husband, David, of 52 years; their three children, Joseph (Donna) Dodd, Rebecca (Brad) Buescher and Suzanne (Robbie) Farley; five grandchildren, Nate, Abbi, Andrew, Ben, and Addie; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
A Celebration of her Life will be held at Lakewood Presbyterian Church at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019.
Memorials may be made to Lakewood Presbyterian Church. Please visit www.newtacoma.com.
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