Gertrude Cecilia Dodson, a life long resident of Contra Costa County, died Monday May 6, 2013. She was 95. During the war, Gertrude joined the ranks of women who went to work at the shipyards like the iconic, “Rosie the Riveter.”
Survived by her daughters, Mary (Don) Rich, Donna Langford and Sheila (Gordon) Foster; brother, Thomas O’Gorman; grandchildren, Donald Rich, Jr., Steve and Darlene Kukkonen and Robert Langford; and 8 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, William Dodson in 1999 and by her grandson, Jim Rich in 2004.
A funeral service will be held Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. at Sunset View Mortuary, top of Fairmount Avenue, El Cerrito. Private interment at Sunset View Cemetery.