Dorothy Ann Duffy was born in Springwater NY on the 4th of December 1924 to James and Minnie Duffy. Dorothy was active in several local organizations including the Springwater Methodist Church and the Kern - Robinson American Legion Auxillary.

During World War II she was very active with bond drives, the American Red Cross and maintained extensive correspondence with Springwater members of the armed forces serving overseas.

Dorothy died at the home of her parents on the 14th of June 1950 from complications related to a form of calcinosis. She was twenty five years old.

This is a photo of Dorothy in 1938 at her parents house at the corner of Howe Ave. and School Street in Springwater NY.

Click the image to enlarge. Courtesy of Mike Duffy.

Dorothy Ann Duffy of Springwater NY in a school photo in 1931. She attended the Number 2 school on School street.

Photo courtesy of Douglas Morgan and the Springwater-Webster Crossing Historical Society.

Dorothy is standing to the far right in this photo taken on the 4th of July in 1939. She is with some of her family at her grandmother Margaret Barrett Duffy’s house in Springwater NY.

Click the image to enlarge. Courtesy of Mike Duffy.

A Profile of Dorothy A. Duffy

The Parents of Dorothy Ann Duffy

James Duffy and Minnie Fisher Duffy

Duffy Family Tree

Fisher Family Tree

War Time Letters of Dorothy Ann Duffy

From the Dansville Breeze, 27 February 1947

She says, making light of it, that it helped to fill the time for her. But one thing is sure, it helped to fill the time, in a very cheering way, for the boys who got the letters.

Just how many she wrote, probably only she knows - and the total mileage rolled up, by air, land, and sea, to reach far scattered destinations, staggers the imagination.

Now the boys are back - and they haven’t forgotten. They are rallying around, to show, in a practical way, what they may have found difficult to put into words.

Miss Duffy has accepted appointment as campaign chairman for the 1947 Red Cross Fund in the Springwater Branch of the Clara Barton Chapter and seven young men, of whom six are ex-servicemen, are going out as her special deputies to clinch the Springwater quota.

Their names are Keith Straight, Kermit Straight, Bud Miller, James White, Howard Kramer, Edward Holmes, and Francis Holmes.

Anybody doubt that they’ll get what they go after?

The Obituary of Dorothy Ann Duffy

4 December 1924 - 14 June 1950

From the Genesee Express, 22 June 1950

Springwater - Miss Dorothy Duffy, 24, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James J. Duffy, died June 14, 1950, at her home on School St., Springwater.

She had been ill for several years, but had been actively participating in the local affairs and during the war years maintained an extensive correspondence with Springwater members of the armed forces.

Dorothy was born in Springwater on December 4, 1924 and attended High School there. She was a member of several local organizations including the Springwater Methodist Church and the Kern-Robinson Post American Legion Auxillary.

Surviving besides her parents are a brother, John at home; her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Fisher of Springwater; several aunts, uncles and cousins. A brother, George, died sixteen years ago.

Funeral services were held on Friday, June 16th at 2 p.m. at the home and at 2:30 p.m. form the Methodist Church. The Rev. Erford W. Daniels, pastor of the local Methodist Church officiating. Burial in Mt. Vernon Evergreen Cemetery, Springwater.

The Burial of Dorothy Ann Duffy

The Springwater Mt. Vernon - Evergreen Cemetery

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