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Dorothy Sutherland Kehoe, R.N., B.S.N., 84, a resident of Albuquerque for nine years, died Wednesday, December 19, 2001. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, George A. Kehoe of Albuquerque; daughters, Leslee Ann Schmitt of Driggs, Idaho and Johnee Laurene Simrell and husband, Richard of Albuquerque; son, Sean Purvis Kehoe and wife, Jennifer of Barrett, MN; grandsons, Barry Schmitt of Park City, UT, Carl Schmitt of Boulder, CO and Tyler Kehoe of Barrett, MN; and granddaughters, Elizabeth Renee Cabot and husband, Michael of Las Cruces, Katee Simrell, Colleen Davis and husband, Matthew, all of Albuquerque and Alexandra Kehoe of Barrett, MN. She was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, the daughter of J.T.S. and Maud Purvis. After graduation from Moose Jaw High School, she entered Royal Columbian Hospital Nursing School from which she graduated in 1941. Mrs. Kehoe entered the Royal Canadian Air Force and served as an RN in Gander, Newfoundland where she met and married George A. Kehoe in 1943. She worked at Jeffrey Hale Memorial Hospital in Quebec City and Montreal Neurological Institute and Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, Quebec. Following the war, she moved to California and worked at Torrance Memorial, Anaheim Memorial, and Whittier Hospitals, and retired as a medical utilization reviewer for the State of California in 1984. Mrs. Kehoe moved with George to Reedsport, OR and finally to Albuquerque in 1993. Mass will be celebrated Saturday, 9:00 a.m., at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church, 4020 Lomas Blvd. NE, with Father Francis X. Eggert, Celebrant. Cremation will follow services. Should friends desire, memorial contributions may be made to St. Josephs Hospital, PACE Program, 601 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. NE, 87102. French Mortuary, 1111 University Blvd. NE.
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