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Dortha Lea RIDDLE

Dortha Lea RIDDLE[1]

Female 1939 - 2023  (83 years)


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  • Name Dortha Lea RIDDLE
    Birth 3 Nov 1939  Oxford, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Female
    Education Harrisville High School, Auburn Grade School  [5] 
    Occupation Morgan Drive Away (with husband)  [5, 6] 
    Residence 1958  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1970, 1993  Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7] 
    Residence 2012  Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Death 17 Feb 2023  [5] 
    Cause: stroke 
    Burial Mt. Union Cemetery, Straight Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • After graduating from Harrisville High School, she began a long and varied career while marrying and starting her own family of four children. Mrs. Anderson attended St. Luke’s United Methodist Church and later attended the First Assembly of God. When she realized it would be in the best interest of her children, she accepted the challenge of becoming a working single parent. A few years later, she met and married the love of her life, Jim Anderson. Together they built their dream home and raised their family.

      Once they became empty nesters, they began their dream retirement jobs. They delivered campers throughout forty-eight states, making great memories along the way. When her father’s health began to fail, Dortha went back to the farm to help care for him until he passed peacefully at home. Later, when her mother began a much longer journey through the darkness of Alzheimer’s Disease, Jim and Dortha moved into the farm house and were there every step of the way until Mrs. Riddle passed to glory as well. Dortha’s work wasn’t done yet. The couple stayed at the farm and Dortha cared for her husband as he fought a number of health issues, allowing him to die in peace at home as well.

      Dortha was happy when she was working. She was grateful for the opportunity to support her family. She never took having a job for granted. Dortha was one of the first EMT volunteers in Ritchie County. Mrs. Anderson was even happier when she was with family. The big annual family reunions (her parents were both from families of nine) were right up there with the family celebrations every Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. Dortha’s grandchildren were cherished more than treasure. Her employers and her family were grateful to have had her in their lives.

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    Person ID I12615  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 18 Jun 2023

    Father Shirley Shirden RIDDLE,   b. 7 Jul 1909, Coxs Mills, Gilmer Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1993, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Mother Ruth Elizabeth PIERCE,   b. 3 Feb 1916, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 2012, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
    Family ID F4493  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Gary Dean GREGG,   b. 29 Jan 1935, Shirley, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1]
    Marriage 12 May 1958  Davisville, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Divorce Y  [9]
    Children 
    +1. Living
    +2. Living
    >3. Living
    +4. Living
    Documents
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    Family ID F4495  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 James Eugene ANDERSON,   b. 29 Sep 1936, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 2012, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [1, 10]
    Marriage 18 Jul 1970  Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Documents
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    Family ID F4501  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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  • Sources 
    1. [S115] Descendants of Wilson Britton, (Richard Lyle "Dickie" Britton (1941-2000) (self-published, 1992)).

    2. [S2050] Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10272509&Type=Marriage.

    3. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11547996&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S1809] Ritchie County Birth Records, Harrisville, WV.

    5. [S14] Obituary.

    6. [S110] Obituary of husband.

    7. [S643] Obituary of father.

    8. [S960] Obituary of mother.

    9. [S1967] Record of wife's remarriage.

    10. [S1368] Obituary of wife's mother.

    11. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, https://archive.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11547996&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as James Eugene Anderson, divorced, b. Sep 29 1936 in Ritchie Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Earl & Edith (Valentine) Anderson; and Dortha Lea Gregg, divorced, b. Nov 3 1939 in Ritchie Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Shirley Shirden & Elizabeth Francie (Pierce) Riddle. Married Jul 18 1970 in Harrisville.