A Celebration of Life Service for Amelia Bernice Dodds, age 91, of Enid, is 2:00 pm, Saturday, October 29, 2016 at Golden Oaks Retirement Village Chapel, with Reverend Jack Weston officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.
Amelia was born March 26, 1925 in Enid to O.T. and Hazel (Warnaca) Hirst, and passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2016 in Enid.
She attended Enid Public Schools, graduating in 1944, then marrying her high school sweetheart, DuWaine Dodds on July 6, 1944. Shortly after they were married, DuWaine went to serve his country in the United States Army during WWII. In his absence, she worked in several local dress shops, and upon DuWaine’s return from the war, they started their family, raising three sons and a daughter on the family farm. She and DuWaine were partners in the Massey Ferguson Dealership where they worked side by side together. They were long time members of Emmanuel Baptist Church. They enjoyed many activities together including bowling, and were members of the Roadrunner’s Square Dancing Club. She loved Phillips University Basketball and was a big fan of the OKC Thunder. Amelia loved watching John Wayne movies and listening to Elvis Presley, Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson, but most of all, she enjoyed spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, DuWaine Dodds; brother J. W. Hirst; a sister, Catherine Nelson; as well as several nieces and nephews.
Amelia is survived by four children, Steven Dodds and wife Alloette; of Plover, WIS; Gary Dodds of Enid; Richard Dodds and wife Karen, of Edmond; Cheryl Graham and husband Danny, of Edmond; twelve grandchildren; seventeen great-granchildren; a sister, Edith Sloan and husband Don, of Enid; and brother-in-law Roger Pickett and wife Glenna, of Sand Springs.
Condolences may be made and services viewed online at www.ladusauevans.com.
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