Dorothy Jean McGill

Dorothy Jean McGill passed away on July 17, 2010, in the beauty and comfort of her home surrounded by her sister Mary Edwards, her granddaughter Karina McGill Prigge, and all of her five children who adored her. Her children, living both near and far, considered it their greatest honor to walk alongside their mother, these last months, through the final mile marker in her life. She was 64 years old.

Dorothy was born on October 27, 1945 in Denver, Colorado to Dr. Joseph John McGill, II (surgeon) and Dorothy Jean O'Grady McGill. She was number four of seven children. She is preceded in death by her father and by her sister Anne McGill (Gorsuch)Burford (Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency 1980-1981). Her remaining siblings are Mary Edwards of Severna Park, MD, Theresa Peace of Lincoln, NB, Veronica Urban of Santa Cruz, CA, Rosie Binge of Littleton, CO, and Joseph John McGill, III of Frisco, TX.

Dorothy was a lifelong, devout Roman Catholic. She attended Mass daily, prayed the rosary, and was a patron of the Virgin and of St. Jude, often petitioning them for their mercy and intercession.

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