Dorothy H. Shea, 93, a resident of Broad Mountain Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Frackville, formerly of Mahanoy City, passed away Monday at Schuylkill Medical Center-East Norwegian Street.

Born in Shenandoah, Feb. 4, 1916, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Carrie Morgan Hilton.

She was a 1933 graduate of J.W. Cooper High School, Shenandoah. She retired from General Cigar, Mahanoy City, and then worked at F.W. Woolworth, Shenandoah.

She was a member of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Roman Catholic Church, for merly St. Canicus Roman Catholic Church, Mahanoy City, and the Senior Citizens in Mahanoy City and Frackville. She also volunteered at the Nutrition Center, Mahanoy City.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James Shea, in 1966; and a sister, Mable Surfield.

Surviving are daughters, Dorothy Ziegmont, Gilberton, and Maryanne Little, Frackville; a son, James Shea, Lebanon; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; a niece and four nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Church. Friends may call from 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Louis D. Truskowsky Funeral Home Inc., Mahanoy City. Interment will be in St. Canicus Cemetery, where a white dove will be released in her memory. The family prefers donations be made to the American Diabetes Association . Donations will be accepted at the funeral home.
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