Obituary of Dorothy M. Alton

Obituary - Dorothy McCord Alton December 21, 1926- February 12, 2016 Dorothy "Dot" McCord Alton passed away peacefully in her sleep on 2/12/16 in Stamford, CT. She was 89. Dorothy was born at home in Scenery Hill, Pennsylvania in 1926, and was one of seven children. She married Hubert J. Alton in 1961, and they lived in Larchmont, NY. Dorothy had been an English teacher in the Mt. Vernon school district. After she retired, she volunteered at United Hospital in Port Chester, NY. More than anything else, she loved spending time with her friends and her family. After graduating from high school in West Newton, Pennsylvania, Dorothy worked at the FBI in Washington D.C. She had also worked as an actress and director at the Erie Playhouse, in Erie Pennsylvania. She attended Freed Hardeman University for one year, then attended and graduated with her Bachelors degree from Fairmont State University, and later received her Masters degree from West Virginia University. Dorothy also taught school in Annapolis, Maryland and Newark, Ohio. Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, Hubert J. Alton, two sisters Donna Poe and Irene Butterfield, a brother Jesse Ray McCord, her parents Ellis and Lula Belle McCord, two sisters-in-law Helen Draves and Jane Alton, and a brother-in-law Eugene "Dean" Alton. She is survived by three sisters: Ethel Strube, Edith Whatley, and Helen Phillips, her daughter Amy Alton-Primrose, two grandsons Bryan Primrose and Shawn Primrose, and many nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews. As Dorothy requested, there will not be any service, and burial of her ashes in Indiana will be done privately by her family at a later time. In lieu of flowers, donations to The American Cancer Society at P.O Box 22478, Oklahoma City, OK 73123, or online at www.cancer.org would be appreciated.