Dorothy Bryce Cotton

Dorothy Bryce
Cotton, 99
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Dorothy Bryce Cotton, formerly of Augusta, died at her home in Orlando, Fla., on June 3, 2014, at the age of 99.
She was born to the late John and Emily Bryce on March 6, 1915, in Portland. Dorothy graduated from South Portland High School and received a degree in nursing from Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary in Portland. She married the late Linwood Cotton in 1938.
A spiritual person throughout her life, Dorothy was a member of the Green Street Methodist Church in Augusta for decades until moving to Florida with her son and his wife in 2004. Her many talents included painting, gourmet cooking, stenciling, reading, knitting, and crocheting. Most of all she loved spending summers at her cottage on Panther Pond in Raymond, visiting with her family, playing cards, and enjoying lobster.
Dorothy was predeceased by four sisters, Louise Bryce of Gorham, Charlotte Chandler of Lancaster, Mass., Eleanor Leary of Norwich, Conn., and Enid Mower of Greene. She is survived by two children, Ron Cotton and his wife Sylvia of Orlando, Fla., and Emily Poole and her husband Carl of South Bristol. She is also survived by five grandchildren, Michael Cotton of Niwot, Colo., Stephen Cotton of Orlando, Fla., Tiffany Lott of New Hartford, N.Y., Joseph Poole of Phillips, and Jennifer DeGraff of Pleasant Hill, Calif.; as well as six great-grandchildren.
Visiting hours will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at the Dolby and Dorr Funeral Chapel, 76 State St., Gorham. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. at the chapel on Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery, Stroudwater Street, Westbrook. For online condolences, please visit our website at www.dolbyfuneralchapels.com.
In lieu of flowers, contributions
may be sent to:
Vitas Hospice, Team 193
2201 Lucien Way, Suite 100
Maitland, Florida 32751
In Memory of Dorothy Cotton.
Dorothy Bryce
Cotton
76 State Street, Gorham
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