Dorothy Conner, 88, of Lynchburg, Va., passed away peacefully on December 14, 2017. Dot was preceded in death by her husband CJ; her parents; a brother, Stanley; and sisters, Ester and Elizabeth (Lib).
Known to all as “Dot” she was a daughter of Louis and Irene Bugno. She was born in Cannonsburg, Pa., on September 21, 1929. A graduate of Palmyra HS (N.J.) Dot met her husband, CJ, in Greensboro, N.C., during his service in the US Marine Corp and they were married in 1953. Dot and CJ moved to Woodstown N.J., after CJ was discharged.
Dot worked for the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Board of Education as the superintendent’s secretary and was later transferred to Pittsgrove Township Board of Education as the administration assistant to the superintendent of schools. Retiring in 1987, after 18 years of service, Dot and CJ relocated to Inverness, Fla., where they lived until his passing in 2014, and her relocating to Lynchburg. Dot was very heavily invested in her churches while living in Woodstown and Inverness, serving our Lord in various capacities including church secretary, youth director, on the board of deacons, teaching vacation Bible school and working as the Christian Clown “Dipsy” for the children at the Inverness First United Methodist church.
She is survived by her daughter Beverly (Paul) of Pittsgrove, N.J.; a son, Cater ( Karen) of Forest, Va.; four precious grandchildren that she loved dearly; and her siblings, Theresa, Mary, David and Louis.
Dot will be buried with CJ at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Fla.
Tharp Funeral Home & Crematory, Lynchburg, is assisting the family.