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Obituary for Hewitt


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Thursday December 28, 2000

Delores"Dody" Hewitt, 68, of Rio Rancho, NM, died Sunday, December 24, 2000, at a rehabilitation facility in Albuquerque. She was born in Washington, D.C. on September 3, 1932. She was a graduate of the Cambridge, Ohio high school class of 1950. The joys of her life were her family, friends, music, and travel. She was a loving wife to her husband, Leon Hewitt, for 33 years, and a loving mother, grandmother and relative to the following remaining family members: her only child, Patti Austin; grandchildren, Krystina Daniel, Jeffrey Knox, Stacy and Sean Austin; great-grandchildren Aryel Daniel, Jasmyne Peralta, F. Justin A. Perez II, Analysia, Katrina, Jessica, and Eliza Knox; sister Geraldine Walters; brother Eslie Gawthrop Jr.; niece Majorie Trandem; aunt Kathryn Herman. Mrs. Hewitt was preceded in death by her parents Eslie Gawthrop, Sr. and Alice Felter. Memorial services to be held Saturday, December 30, 2000, 5:00 p.m. at the Central 7th Day Adventist Church, 2201 Estancia Dr. NW, Albuquerque