Dorothy J. “Dodie” Peschong age 82 of Metamora passed away at 1:45pm Thursday Dec. 2, 2010 at Snyder Village in Metamora. She was born June 11, 1928 in Toronto Ontario, Canada to Robert F.J. and Helen A. (Smith) Dixon. She met Bruce E. Peschong in 1954 in Phoenix AZ and married him Feb. 5, 1955 in Caledon Ontario, Canada. He passed away July 20, 2008.
Surviving are two sons John (Deborah) Peschong of Metamora, and Joseph (Samantha) Peschong of Germantown Hills. Three grandsons Evan, Matthew, and Andrew Peschong. She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister Nancy Wilson in 1999.
Dorothy graduated from high school in 1946, she then graduated from nurses training in 1951 as a RN from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto Ontario, Canada.
Dorothy was a homemaker and worked testing vision and hearing in Woodford County Schools from 1968 to 2008.
A Memorial service will be Sunday Dec. 5, 2010 at 2:00pm at the Mason Funeral Home Metamora Chapel. Rev. Gary Salm officiating. Visitation will be from 12:30pm until service time at the funeral home. Cremation Rites have been accorded with burial of ashes in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Metamora.
Memorials may be made to Illinois Veterans Hospital in LaSalle Illinois, Emergency 116 and Snyder Village. Online condolences at www.masonfuneralhomes.com