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Dorothy posed with a group of mothers for a Mothers Day mailer in support of candidate Rebecca Williams. (Left to right) Dr. Inez Durham, Carol Bicket, Carol Anderson-Lewis, Rebecca Williams, Dorothy Henry and Linda Barnes. |
Plainfielders will gather Friday at Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church to pay their final respects to their beloved Dorothy Allen Henry.
For more than thirty years, Dorothy was an educator with the Plainfield Public Schools, beginning at Stillman School, later becoming a district-wide resource teacher modeling the 'open classroom' approach.
By the time of her retirement in 1991, she had been a leader at four schools: Maxson (vice prinicipal), and Stillman, Woodland and Evergreen, at each of which she was the principal.
I first met Dorothy in the 1990s, when she was active in the mayoral campaign of the late mayor Al McWilliams.
When the New Democrats coalesced around McWilliams, she became an active member and won a seat on the Plainfield Democratic City Committee to represent her District (2-7), which she held for more than ten years. During each campaign season, she would stump her district with whatever candidate was on the line in tow. She was a model of an active and committed committee person.
Always elegantly dressed and coiffed, Dorothy had a presence just by entering a room. She was a great conversationalist and had a sharp wit (which could be withering if she was crossed).
Living alone in her lovely and comfortable home on Hillside Avenue, she kept a large dog. He was both a companion and a guard. Though I am a dog person, he never did get to accept me and would pounce on the door whenever I rang the bell and had to be put away so we could have a conversation.
The family will greet friends at the church between 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM.
The service will begin promptly at 6:10 and will include an opportunity for those present to share their memories of Dorothy. The service will close at 7:30 with the singing of the 'Now the day is over'.
Light refreshments will be served after the service in the church's Guild Room.
Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church is at East 7th Street and Watchung Avenue. Parking is in the church lot on First Place, on the street, or in the Swain Galleries lot.
For more than thirty years, Dorothy was an educator with the Plainfield Public Schools, beginning at Stillman School, later becoming a district-wide resource teacher modeling the 'open classroom' approach.
By the time of her retirement in 1991, she had been a leader at four schools: Maxson (vice prinicipal), and Stillman, Woodland and Evergreen, at each of which she was the principal.
I first met Dorothy in the 1990s, when she was active in the mayoral campaign of the late mayor Al McWilliams.
When the New Democrats coalesced around McWilliams, she became an active member and won a seat on the Plainfield Democratic City Committee to represent her District (2-7), which she held for more than ten years. During each campaign season, she would stump her district with whatever candidate was on the line in tow. She was a model of an active and committed committee person.
Always elegantly dressed and coiffed, Dorothy had a presence just by entering a room. She was a great conversationalist and had a sharp wit (which could be withering if she was crossed).
Living alone in her lovely and comfortable home on Hillside Avenue, she kept a large dog. He was both a companion and a guard. Though I am a dog person, he never did get to accept me and would pounce on the door whenever I rang the bell and had to be put away so we could have a conversation.
The family will greet friends at the church between 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM.
The service will begin promptly at 6:10 and will include an opportunity for those present to share their memories of Dorothy. The service will close at 7:30 with the singing of the 'Now the day is over'.
Light refreshments will be served after the service in the church's Guild Room.
Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church is at East 7th Street and Watchung Avenue. Parking is in the church lot on First Place, on the street, or in the Swain Galleries lot.
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