Obituary of Edward L. Dodd

Dansville – Edward L. Dodd, age 80 of Dansville passed away on Saturday March 28, 2015 at Jones Memorial Hospital in Wellsville, NY. Ed was born on June 26, 1934 in Scottsburg, NY the son of the late Arthur and Frances (Mastin) Dodd. He was married on October 4th, 1958 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church to Joanne E. (Kinney) Dodd who passed away on December16, 2009 after 51 years of marriage. Ed was employed by Sybron Corporation in Rochester as a Design Engineer. He had also been employed part time for Expressway Auto Auction and West Herr Ford during his retirement years. Ed was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Dansville. In his younger years, Ed served on many committees within his church, enjoyed gardening, traveling, playing games with family, collecting small scale vintage cars, and owning full size vintage cars along with working on and cleaning and polishing them. He always enjoyed owning and driving a nice big sedan. Besides his wife and parents Ed was predeceased by a grandson Jesse Aaron Dodd and a brother David Dodd. He is survived by his children, Penny Lynn Classon of Grafton, VA, Richard A. Dodd of Wellsville and Debra Jeanne (Lon) Knickerbocker of Dansville; 3 grandchildren, Emma Catherine Dodd of Wellsville, William Classon of Calif. and Joshua Classon of Florida; two sisters, Sybil (Everett) Strain of Mt. Morris, Celia (Ron) Mehlenbacher of Greenwood Missouri; two brother’s, James (Beverly) Dodd of Texas and Arthur (Barb) Dodd Jr. of England, two step-sisters, Lisa (David) Francis of Canaseraga, Cinda (Fred) Bonadonna of Mt. Morris, stepmother Leona (John) Ryckaert, many nieces, nephews and cousins. Ed’s memorial service will be held on Wednesday April 8, 2015, 11:00 a.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 21 Clara Barton Street in Dansville with the Rev. Virginia Mazzarella officiating. Internment will be private and at the convenience of the family in Union Cemetery in Scottsburg. Memorial contributions in Edward L. Dodd’s memory may be made to the Humane Society of Livingston County (HSLC), PO Box 233, Avon, NY 14414 or The Jesse Dodd Scholarship fund, (please make checks payable to Richard Dodd), c/o Richard Dodd, PO Box 197 Allentown NY 14707. Ed’s family has been assisted by the St. George-Stanton Funeral Home, 109 West Naples St., Wayland.