Wahkiakum Eagle-December 31, 1997

DODGE, Nettie 
	 
  Age 78, of Puget Island, died in a Longview medical center.
  She was born in Aberdeen, Idaho, to Jacob H. and Rose Elinor (Norton) 
Peterson, and grew up in Idaho.  She and Verne Dodge were married 
December 18, 1939, in Boise, and were also married in the Idaho Falls 
Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for "time and
eternity" on July 8, 1959.
  The Dodges moved to Cathlamet in 1948, remaining there until 1976.  
They then lived for a year in Mountain Home, Idaho, and then in 
Lebanon, Ore., until 1996, when they returned to the Cathlamet area.
  She was a homemaker who enjoyed sewing, especially fancy work, 
reading and her family.  She liked to play bingo and was a member of 
the Cathlamet LDS church.
  Survivors include her husband of 58 years, Verne, at home; two 
daughters, Mida Rose Pedersen of Rainier and Mary Lou Riley of 
Cathlamet; two sons, Vernon R. 'Jake' of Tacoma and James 'Jim' of 
Lebanon, Ore.; two sisters, Betty Lou Bowman of Blanding, Utah, and 
Carol Jean Howard of Caldwell, Idaho; 20 grandchildren; and 47
great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by a sister, Effie 
Payton, and a brother, Robert J. Peterson, both in 1997.
  Funeral services were Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of 
Latter-day Saints in Cathlamet.
  Dowling Funeral Home was in charge.


Nettie (Peterson) Dodge
Greenwood Cemetery-Cathlamet, Wa.
21 Oct 1919-29 Dec 1997
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society 2006 from 
original newspaper collection.)