DODGE, George A. 1875-1935

DODGE

Posted By: Kermit Kittleson
Date: 11/15/2010 at 14:02:23

Dr. Dodge is Buried
at Northwood;
Leaves Wife and
Three Children

NORTHWOOD, IOWA, June 1. — Funeral services for Dr. George A. Dodge, 60, Northwood veterinary surgeon, were held Friday afternoon at the home on North Eighth Street and at the First Methodist Church. The Rev. William Crossley was in charge. Officers and members of Northern Light Masonic lodge of Northwood attended the church services in a body and conducted the ritualistic burial rites of the order at the grave in Sunset Rest cemetery where burial was made. Dr. Dodge was a past master of the local lodge.

Dr. Dodge was born February 9, 1875, at Newburg, near St. Ansgar. His parents were A. M. and Mary Elizabeth Dodge, pioneer residents of the St. Ansgar vicinity. He attended Iowa State College, Ames, going from there to Pennsylvania University where he received his professional degrees in 1904. That same year he came to Northwood.

He was twice married, his first wife being Miss May Peshak of St. Ansgar, who preceded him in death more than 20 years ago. Two children survive from this marriage, Mrs. Mervin Anderson, Osage, and Roger Dodge, Northwood. He was later married to Mrs. Ella Torgeson, who with their one child, Jean, survives him. A step-daughter, Miss Lucille Torgeson, a teacher in the Charles City public schools, also survives.

Dr. Dodge died at his home in Northwood of heart disease which developed following a period of ill health which had extended over much of the past two years.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, Saturday, June 1, 1935]