COMMUNITY LEADER DEAD AT 75.Byline: Jennifer Hamm Staff Writer Ruth Dodson, a longtime community leader and volunteer with many local organizations, has died. She was 75. Dodson, who died Tuesday at her home, will be remembered as an irreplaceable friend and city leader, Mayor Ginger Bremberg said Wednesday. ``She donated thousands of hours in the city with love,'' Bremberg said. ``Everyone trusted her absolutely and enjoyed working with her. They knew they could count on her.'' Dodson worked with the Glendale Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission, and with the Glendale Public Services Public services is a term usually used to mean services provided by government to its citizens, either directly (through the public sector) or by financing private provision of services. Commission. She held leadership posts with the YWCA YWCA abbr. Young Women's Christian Association YWCA n abbr (= Young Women's Christian Association) → Asociación f de Jóvenes Cristianas YWCA , the Glendale-Crescenta Valley Red Cross, the Glendale Rose Float Association, Glendale Beautiful, and the Glendale Association of the Retarded re·tard·ed adj. 1. Often Offensive Affected with mental retardation. 2. Occurring or developing later than desired or expected; delayed. . Dodson also headed Arbor arbor Garden shelter providing privacy and partial protection from the weather, most commonly a lightweight, latticed framework (trellis) of wood or metal with interlaced branches of vines or climbing shrubs trained over it. Day tree plantings. She chaired the Community Development Block Grant committee, a panel that makes recommendations to the City Council on the use of federal block grant funds. ``She always presided with serenity and fairness so everything got accomplished,'' Bremberg said. ``That's one of the things that made her so special.'' No funeral services funeral service n → misa de cuerpo presente funeral service n → service m funèbre funeral service funeral n were planned. The family has requested that donations be sent to the Glendale Association of the Retarded in lieu of flowers. |
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