Unadilla, New York - UNADILLA - Dorothy Campbell Green, 102, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, at the NYS Veterans Home at Oxford.

She was born Aug. 1, 1921, in Georgetown, to Samuel and Pearl (Robbins) Campbell.

She grew up with four brothers and one sister on the family farm in Georgetown. She attended school at Georgetown Central School and was a member of their girls championship basketball team.

Upon graduation, Dorothy worked for Gladding Fishline Manufacturing, Victory Stores, and the U.S. Post Office in Georgetown.

Dorothy's brothers played baseball and it was there that one of their teammates, Gerald, saw her wearing a red suit. The rest was history! Dorothy and Gerald married in Jay, on Oct. 1, 1949. They lived in that area until 1952 when they moved to Canastota. They moved to Unadilla in 1955. Dorothy served as a leader for Brownie and Girl Scout Troops, taught Sunday school, served on the Council for the Aging and Elections Committee for Otsego County.

She and Gerald joined the Unadilla Presbyterian Church in 1955 and served on many committees and as elders.

It is as a wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother that Dorothy excelled and derived her greatest pleasure.

She is survived by her husband of 74 years, Gerald (Jerry); daughters and son-in-law Deborah and Scott Somers and Patricia Kafchinski and Chris Hendrickson; 10 grandchildren, Jeremy (Julie), Jennie (Ernie), Michelle (Dustin), Ryan (Katie), Heather, Christopher (Leah), Patrick (Nathaly), Marcia (Jeff), Garrett (Lauren), and Nathan; and 18 great-grandchildren.

Her oldest daughter, Judy, passed away in 2010.

Funeral services will be at the First Presbyterian Church, 156 Main St., Unadilla, at noon, Saturday. The family will receive friends at the church from 11 a.m. until service time. The Revs. Lynn Shepherd and Barry Dancy will officiate. Burial will be in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Unadilla.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 156 Main St. Unadilla, NY 13849.

The family thanks the staff at the NYS Veterans Home at Oxford for their loving care and support.

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