Dorothy McClure

McCLURE, DOROTHY (BROWN), 90, formerly of Warwick, died peacefully in her sleep at Linn Health Care Center, East Providence, RI on Thursday, December 11, 2008.

She was born March 21, 1918 in Cranston, Rhode Island. She was the daughter of the late Alexander and Elizabeth (Rogers) Brown.

Dorothy was a 1937 graduate of Aldrich High School and enjoyed many reunions with her classmates over the years. She volunteered with the Red Cross during WWII and with Kent County Memorial Hospital in the early years of its development. She retired from General Electric in 1983 and for the next twenty years volunteered as a tax counselor for the elderly.

In addition to her father and mother, she was preceded in death by brothers James E. Alexander, Jr. and Frederick G. Brown; nephews Frederick A. and John H. Brown, and niece Catherine Brown Souza.

She is survived by nieces Eleanor Worthington of Huntsville, AL, Dorothy Harris of Wakefield, Elizabeth Graham of Greenville, Francine Rossignol of Warwick, Susan Weber of Clinton, MD, Patricia Brown of Coventry and nephews Frederick J. Brown of Rumford, Alexander Brown, III of Providence and numerous great-nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 PM, Monday, December 15 in THE URQUHART-MURPHY FUNERAL HOME, 800 Greenwich Avenue, Warwick. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Church of the Transfiguration, 1665 Broad Street, Cranston, RI 02905, or to the RI Food Bank. Interment will be at Glenwood Cemetery, East Greenwich.