Individual Record 2212

Name}   Prescott, Dorothy May (Dodie)		Family History} Hancock
Title}	Race}	Sex} Female
Birth:   Date} Exa 26 Mar 1921	Place} San Rafael, Marin, California
Marr.1: Date} Fam 24 Feb 1939	Place} Carson City, Ormsby, Nevada
Marr.2: Date} Exa 28 Mar 1952	Place} Monterey, Monterey, California
Marr.3: Date}	Place}
Marr.4: Date} Exa    6 Sep 1975	Place} Carson City, Ormsby, Nevada     (Link)
Death: Date} Exa  23 Oct 2001	Place} Gilbert, Maricopa, Arizona
Burial: Date} Cir   30 Oct 2001	Place} Tulocay Mausoleum, Napa, Napa, California
	Grave Marker} Yes	Source 1}   848 = Birth rec Source 2} 1779 = 1930 US cen Source 3} 1780 = Marriage Source 4} 1600 = City directy Source 5} 1781 = 1950 US cen Source 6} 1782 = Marriage Source 7}   908 = Marriage Source 8} 1594 = Public rec Source 9}   415 = Address lst Source 10} 1218=Photograph Source 11} 1599 = S.S. record Source 12} 1783 = Obituary Source 13}   30 = Cemetery Source 14} 1588 = Cemetery Source 15}   699 = Letters
Parents: } Royal Mason Prescott & Evelyn M. Sirard    Relationship No.} None
1st Household No.}
Occupation 1} Sales clerk        Occupation 2} Medical records clerk
Religion/Church}
Spouses:    First} Ridgway, Harry               Second} Delamontana, James Matthew               Third}   Sullivan, Unknown               Fourth} Rath, Clarence Henry  Total Number of} 4
Notes:  Dorothy May Prescott was born 26 Mar 1921 in San Rafael, Marin, California.  She was the youngest of seven daughters of Royal Mason Prescott and Evelyn M. Sirard.  In the 1930 U.S. census, Dorothy, 9, was living with her family at 109 Fifth Street, San Rafael, Marin, California.  Her father, Ray M. Prescott, 47, was a jewelry engraver, her mother Evelyn, 46, was keeping house.  Her sisters were Margery, 20, Janice M., 18, fire insurance clerk, Nona B., 16, Anna Marie, 13, and Valerie, 11.  The family owned their home, valued at $7,000. and had a radio set. Dorothy married Harry Ridgway, Jr., on 24 Feb 1939, in Carson City, Nevada.  Both were San Rafael High School seniors.  They spent that summer on his parents dude ranch, Ridgworth on the Eel River in Potter Valley, Nevada.  The couple had two daughters before the marriage ended in divorce In the 1950 U.S. census, Dorothy M. Ridgway, 29, was living at 154 Solano, San Rafael, Marin, California.  She was working in a music store, selling phonograph records.  Her daughters were Donna M., 10, and Judith A., 8. On 28 Mar 1952 Dorothy M. Prescott, married James M. Delamontana in Monterey, California.  Nothing more is known about this marriage.  In 1955, Dorothy is listed as Dorothy M. Ridgway, a sales lady, at Hoys 2 Oak Av., San Rafael.  Dorothy may have married a third time, as she used the last name "Sullivan" when she married Clarence Rath. For many years Dorothy worked as a medical records clerk.  She retired from the Napa County Infirmary in 1971.  She was a member of the Napa Valley Country Club.  On 6 Sep 1975, Dorothy May Sullivan married Clarence Henry Rath in Carson City, Nevada.  In public records, they are listed at 2238 Clay Street, Napa (1980) and 1984 Wilkins Ct., Napa (1984).  Clarence died 31 Dec 1996.  In Oct 2000, Dorothy moved to Sun Lakes, Arizona. Dorothy May Rath died 23 Oct 2001 in Gilbert, Maricopa, Arizona at the age of 80.  She is buried in the Tulocay Mausoleum, Napa, California next to her husband Clarence.
Time of Birth}	Time of Death}	Fraternal/Social}
Baptism Date}	Place}
Confirm. Date}	Photos} Dorothy (Dodie) Rath in 1984
Immigr'n Date} N/A	Port} N/A
Education: Grade}              or Top 2 Degrees}
Military: Service}                   for the State of}
Health Condition}     Cause of Death}	Last Updated by} Karen Hancock Date Updated}   7 Aug 2024 Date Created}    5 Apr 2010
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