Dorothy Marie (Deering) McNabb's Obituary
DOROTHY MARIE (DEERING) McNABB, 69
MULBERRY - Dorothy Marie (Deering) McNabb, 69, passed away peacefully on January 21, 2015, after a brief battle with cancer. The daughter of the late Arthur William Deering and Marie Fitz-Patrick (Mussack) Deering, she was born on August 23, 1945, in Rocky Mount, NC. She grew up in Bronxville and Shrub Oak, NY, graduating from Ladycliff Academy in Peekskill, NY, in 1963, and St. Bonaventure University in 1966. Settling in the Allentown, PA, area with her children, Dorothy spent several years as an English teacher in the Parkland School District as well as a realtor with Singer-Hacker Real Estate. She married her late husband Donald F. McNabb in 1985, and retired with him from Allentown to Mulberry, FL, in 1995, where they resided full time and where she recently served as Secretary of the Fairway Oaks HOA. She is survived by her son, Arthur Hammond of Boulder, CO; daughters, Kathleen Hammond Schmidt of Bloomingdale, IL, and Rebecca Hammond Vaughan (Brian) of Nantucket, MA; brothers, Timothy Deering (Donna) of New Bern, NC, and Arthur Deering; granddaughters, Ashley and Taylor Schmidt; and step-children, Thomas McNabb (Kelly) of Blandon, PA, and Jane Page (Eric) of Wilmington, DE. In addition to her late husband, Donald, she is predeceased by her beloved sister, Suzanne Deering and step-children, James McNabb and Carol McNabb. A funeral Mass will be held at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, Lakeland, FL, on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at 10AM. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be sent to the Mulberry Service Center, 301 NE 5th St., Mulberry, FL, 33860 or the Mulberry Public Library, 103 E. Canal Street, Mulberry, FL, 33860.
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