This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: WHL44 Surnames: ALDRICH, VORIS, SITES Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.michigan.counties.kalamazoo/22124/mb.ashx Message Board Post: ALDRICH, Dorothy (Voris) Age 89 Passed away at Brandon Woods Retirement Community in Lawrence, KS, Thursday, January 17, 2008. She was born November 23, 1918 in Martinsburg, WV, the daughter of Louis Robert Voris and Addie Sites Voris. She grew up and graduated from high school in Hagerstown, MD. She received a bachelors degree in chemistry from Randolf Macon Woman's College (VA) in 1940 and a masters degree in chemistry from Mount Holyoke College (MA) in 1942. She worked as a chemist at the Celanese Corporation, first in a laboratory in Maryland for five years and then in a research laboratory as a microanalytical chemist in New Jersey for three years. She married Lyman C. Aldrich, May 14, 1950, in Hagerstown, MD and moved to Covington, VA with her husband. There she worked at Industrial Rayon Corporation for three years. She subsequently lived several places with her husband and two children, moving to Kalamazoo, MI in 1973. After 29 years she and her husband moved to Lawrence in 2002. She is survived by! her husband, Lyman; two children, Jane V. Aldrich, Lawrence, and Lyman (Skip) C. Aldrich Jr., West Chester, PA; daughter-in-law, Roberta H. Aldrich and three grandchildren, Christopher, Stephanie and Jeffrey Aldrich, West Chester, PA. She was preceded in death by her brother, Robert S. Voris. Mrs. Aldrich will be interred at the Green Hill Cemetery in Martinsburg, WV, following a private graveside service. Condolences can be sent to the family through at www.warrenmcelwain.com. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests gifts be made in her memory to the local Humane Society or charity of the giver's choice. Published in the Kalamazoo Gazette on 1/23/2008. (Posted by a VOLUNTEER-NO family connection) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.