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Dorothy Elizabeth D'Avanzo peacefully bid adieu to a rich and full life on March 18, 2009. The daughter of a railroad man, Dorothy was born in 1919 and grew up alongside her five siblings in South Ozone Park, New York. With a passion and enjoyment for dancing, she met and later married John D'Avanzo in 1938. When John joined the Marines in 1941, Dorothy took her place alongside women the likes of Rosie the Riveter manufacturing instruments for warplanes. With the end of WWII, she and John raised two children, Virginia Dugan and Dennis Devane in Franklin Square, New York. Meticulous by nature, Dorothy immersed herself in anything creative --from painting, to sewing everything from drapes to coats, and landscape gardening. Dorothy left a creative imprint on everything she touched. As an employee of Abraham and Strauss, she often joked that she spent more than she earned there, having a hard time passing up the sales and employee discount. Her children were the best dressed, cleanest, and starched ones at school. After her husband's death in 1988, Dorothy relocated to New Mexico. Slow to let anything deter her, she learned to drive at the age of 65 and took great pride in the privilege of owning her own home for over 20 years. She leaves to cherish her memory, one brother, two children, five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. She also leaves one Chinese Foo dog and one 300 pound statue of Quan Yen that to her families' dismay made every move she ever did. Her family will miss her witty quips, addiction to dippity doo and soft foam curlers, desire to add peanuts to everything she baked and her overwhelming zest for collecting cookie jars. A service in her honor will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 28, 2009, French Lomas Chapel, 10500 Lomas Blvd. NE. She will be interred alongside her husband at Calverton National Cemetery on Long Island, New York on May 23, 2009. Please visit the online guestbook for Mrs. D'Avanzo at RememberTheirStory.com French 10500 Lomas Blvd. 505-275-3500
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