Odessa Dolan

Odessa Elizabeth “Betty” Dolan, 85, of Scenery Hill, passed away Tuesday morning, March 12, 2024. She was born March 8, 1938, a daughter of the late George Andrew McNurlen and Williama Dale Van Voorhis McNurlen. Odessa was the oldest of five children. Deceased are a sister, Wilma McNurlen, and a brother, George (Mack) McNurlen II. Surviving are sisters Joann (Stewart) McNurlan Miller and Linda McNurlan Hudock. Odessa graduated from Trinity High School in 1957 and married the late Frederick R. Dolan. Also surviving are three children, Betty Lou Dolan Amrose, Federick R. (Joyce) “Buzzy” Dolan II and Lisa G. (Geril) Dolan Gatten; five grandchildren, Frederick (Billie Joe) Dolan, Azure (Robert) Hixenbaugh, Shawn Dolan, Jessica (Jason) Avant, and Jason (Astrid) Berardinelli; and six great-grandchildren, Emma Dolan, Gwenivere and Gage Hixenbaugh, Olivia and Madison (Kipsy) Zaglama and Anneke Berardinelli. Friends will be received from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday March 15, 2024 in William G. Neal Funeral Home, Ltd., 925 Allison Avenue, Washington, where services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 16, 2024. Burial will follow in Scenery Hill Cemetery.