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Peter Marriott Dodington
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Born Nov. 4, 1945, New York, NY; Died Sept. 26, 2022, Decorah, IA.
Survived by his sons and their families: Edward and Jessica (Knapp), Harriet and Arthur; James and Lauren (Duff), Elsa and Maelie; his brother, Thomas M. Dodington, and sister, Susan M. Dodington. Preceded in death by his mother, Kathleen (Dworak) and father, Sven H. of Mountain Lakes, NJ. Peter was a devoted educator, musician and father. After college (Stanford Univ.), he joined VISTA and served as an English teacher on the Fort Peck Reservation in Wolf Point, MT. That experience, and reading Homer's Iliad, Odyssey, and Virgil's Aeneid while earning degrees at Univ. of Montana and Univ. of Iowa, informed his career as a private and public school teacher and later an assistant principal in New York City schools. A talented musician, his Scott Joplin ragtimes delighted Montana bar customers, and he often played classical music, Christmas carols, and show tunes for himself and his family. He sang in many choirs and was a diligent Christian. He loved the pre-dawn hours: driving sons and neighbors to 6 am swim practice, volunteering at meets or walking park trails. A memorial service will be held at Riverdale Presbyterian Church, Bronx, NY 10471 on October 22, 2022 at 10:30 am.
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Laura Seely
June 28, 2024
I am so sorry to hear of the passing of Peter. I worked with him at Park West HS and he was a joy to work with. There was a particular short story we would co-teach together because we had such different opinions on it, and we would each try to get the class on our side. It is one of my fondest memories of teaching. My sincere condolences to his family. He will be greatly missed!
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Janise Rivera Manzanet
November 21, 2022
I am extremely saddened to hear of the passing of Peter. He was a dear colleague and a Co Founding teacher with me at the Bronx Latin School. We worked long, hard hours to create an environment of engagement, a love for learning and an appreciation for the Classics( for which Peter had a particular fondness). He taught Latin when he was there. It was a very exciting time and the faculty as a whole shared many delightful times together. My sincerest sympathy goes out to his entire family. I´m sure I can speak for the entire founding faculty of Bronx Latin when I say it was our honor to work with him and he and his contributions to education will truly be missed.
Ev Lunning
October 21, 2022
I was a "star boarder" at Peter and my sister Lissa's apartment in the spring of 1989, when I appeared in a show off-Broadway. Peter was a gracious host. We shared a love of Homer, and I admired his classical learning. One of our first conversations was about Phillip of Macedonia and the conquest of Athens. I cherish the memory of Peter and Lissa's wedding in a little country church on a frosty January morning in Jo Daviess County in Illinois.
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