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Dorothy (Dottie) Cox McCormick, 88, passed away January 4, 2006, after a brief illness. She is survived by her children, Michael McCormick and wife, Wanda of Las Cruces; Mary Skavaril of Columbus OH; Maureen Ashley and husband, Everett of Tulsa OK; Monica O'Reilly and husband, Mel, and Margo McCormick and husband, Ranne Miller of Albuquerque; and a sister, Mary Helen Ewing of Albuquerque. A daughter, Peggy Akin Wilkison, predeceased her. Three sisters also predeceased her, Margaret Davies and Louise Marron, both of Albuquerque, and Betty Ann Rankin of California. Dottie is also survived by twelve grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Dottie was born to a pioneer Albuquerque family on June 25, 1917, at Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque. She was a graduate of Albuquerque High and UNM, where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, and she taught school in Albuquerque until 1945, when she married Don G. McCormick and moved to Carlsbad, residing there until 1971 when she returned to Albuquerque. Dottie dearly loved the Albuquerque of her youth, reminiscing often about the old neighborhoods and the fun she and her friends had picnicking or skiing in the mountains and going to movies at the Kimo Theater. As a young woman, she enjoyed meeting the trains at the Alvarado, getting photographs of movie stars as they got off the trains (and she had quite a collection of glossy movie posters, obtained, somewhat surreptitiously she admitted, from the walls of the Kimo). She adored the music of her generation, imparting that love to her children, and she never forgot the words to those songs. Before the war, Dottie spent exciting summers with her girlfriends, traveling by ship to Hawai'i in 1939 and to Puerto Rico in 1940, trips that made for a lifetime of fond memories. And she really could do the hula. The last three years of her life were spent pleasantly at La Vida Llena in Albuquerque, participating in many activities and working her crossword puzzles. She leaves many friends among the staff and her fellow residents. The family wishes to thank the capable, compassionate and gentle people, both at the Heart Hospital and at VistaCare Hospice, for their loving care of Dottie during her last week of life, affording her every dignity. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to VistaCare Hospice Foundation, 5639 Jefferson NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109. In accordance with her wishes, Dottie's remains will be cremated and there will be no formal services. French Mortuary 1111 University Blvd. NE 843-6333
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