Lake County Obituaries

Dwight Abner Dodge

Submitted by Anita Crabtree

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Lake County Bee, August 19, 1949

LOCAL MAN SUCCUMBS TO HEART ATTACK
Dwight Abner Dodge, retired general contractor of Lakeport, passed away at his 
home in Lakeport on Saturday, August 13, following an illness of two years. 
Dodge was well known in the bay area where he carried on a general contracting 
business for over thirty years. He was also employed with the Standard Oil of 
California for a short time. 
He married the former Helen Lyon of Lakeport in 1916, making their home in 
Richmond until four years ago when the couple returned to Lakeport. 
Dwight A. Dodge was a native of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, born May 28, 1881. He was 
68 years, two months and fifteen days of age. 
Surviving are his wife, Helen Dodge, of Lakeport and a daughter, Mrs. Lucille 
Goldman, of Berkeley and two sisters, Mrs. Grace Dilger and Mrs. Jess Parker of 
Lakeport. 
Funeral services were held from the Jones Mortuary on Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 
p.m., August 16. Interment followed at the Hartley cemetery.