Mom was born in Cleveland, Ohio but raised in Summit, New Jersey. She graduated from Summit High School and married her childhood sweetheart, John Edward Pollard, Jr. They were married sixty-five years and had four children: John Edward Pollard, Jr., Claire Arlene Sandusky, Carolynne Ann Tweedell and Dorothy Joan Allen. She has one sister, Joan Ann McCarthy.
She was preceded in death by her father, Clarence Henry Nelson and mother, Gertrude Nelene Shield Nelson; husband, John Edward Pollard; grandchild, Travis Lee Keel, and great-grandchildren James Weller and Alyssa Tweedell.
Dorothy loved to make a house a home. She enjoyed cooking , sewing, antique shopping and playing cards with her family. She loved talking about her twelve grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Dorothy moved to Texas in 1955. Of course, she brought her northeastern flair with her, from her house decorating to her onion dip and chicken puffs, It was all done with her Yankee flair.
Funeral services will be held at 3:00 pm on Tuesday. March 28, 2017 Katy Funeral Home, 23350 Kingsland Blvd. in Katy, Texas
Burial will be held at Restland Memorial Park, 13005 Greenville Avenue, Dallas Texas 469-925-1436 on Wednesday, March 29, 2017.
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