DODGE, Mary "Sue" (FITZGERALD)

FITZGERALD, DODGE, GASAWAY, ABRAM, CAMPBELL, FRENCH, HAYWOOD, BEHR, HEINRICHS

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 12/12/2018 at 10:44:06

Obituary ~ Mary "Sue" (Fitzgerald) Dodge
January 15, 1939 ~ September 08, 2009

Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
September 09, 2009

MASON CITY --- Mary Sue Dodge, 70, of 316 S. Tennessee Ave., Mason City, died Tuesday (Sept. 8, 2009) at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City.

Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, Mason City, with the Rev. Craig Steimel officiating with inurnment in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery, Mason City. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday with a rosary at 6:30 p.m.

Family suggests memorials to Breast Cancer of Iowa.

Sue was born on Jan. 15, 1939, in Mason City, the daughter of Willis and Agnes (Gasaway) Fitzgerald. She was the oldest of five siblings. She graduated from St. Joseph's High School in 1957.

Sue married Gordon Dodge in 1960 and moved to Florida. To this union was born Dawn Mary in 1963. Sue and Gordon divorced in 1971 and Sue and Dawn returned to Iowa.

Sue worked for Diamond Vogel Paint for 10 years. She then went to work for Mason City Glass where she met her lifetime companion, Phil Abram.

Sue then went to work for Wal-Mart when it first came to Mason City. She retired from Wal-Mart after 20 years of service.

Sue enjoyed watching the Twins, the ones in Minnesota, and her granddaughters in Mason City. She enjoyed attending Kate and Kristin's events, concerts and athletic contests.

Sue is survived by her faithful partner of 28 years, Phil Abram; daughter, Dawn (Joe) Campbell; the lights of her life, granddaughters Kate and Kristin; three sisters, Nicki French, Joan Haywood Behr and Meg (Maury) Heinrichs; a brother, Bill (Terri) Fitzgerald; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and brothers-in-law, Ray French and Robert Haywood.

Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St. N.E., Mason City, 641-423-2372. www.colonialchapels.com

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, November of 2018