Rumford – Dorothy A. (Heffron) Conway, 85, formerly of Pawtucket, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on Sunday, February 4, 2024.
She was the beloved wife of the late Edward S.
Born in Ashland, Pennsylvania, she was a daughter of the late Raymond W. and Dorothy C. (Doyle) Heffron.
Dotti had resided in Pennsylvania, New York, North Carolina and Pawtucket before moving to Rumford in 2021.
She was an administrative assistant at Hasbro for twenty years before retiring in 2002.
Dotti was a communicant of St.
Teresa Church, Pawtucket, where she was a past-president and treasurer of the Seniors Club and had served as the wedding coordinator.
An avid seamstress and crocheter, she enjoyed participating with the group of seamstresses and crocheters at the church who made prayer shawls and other religious items for the community.
She was also a volunteer at the former Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island Gift Shop.
She was the mother of three daughters, Kathleen A.
Mussig and her husband, William Jr., of Seekonk, Patricia A.
Martin and her husband, Robert Jr., of Coventry and the late Theresa A.
She also leaves a stepson, Chris Conway and his wife, Deb, of Conyers, Georgia; two sisters, Sister Kathleen Heffron, CSJ of Latham, New York and Joan Walker of Niskayuna, New York; four grandchildren, Natashia R.
Bertrand (Anthony), Melissa L.
Luti (Daniel, Jr.), Jake Robert Martin (Alexandra McGuirk) and William J.
Mussig, III (Colleen Lounsbury) and seven great-grandchildren.
Her funeral will be held on Friday, February 9, 2024 at 8:30 a.m. from WILLIAM W.
TRIPP Funeral Home, 1008 Newport Ave., Pawtucket, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in St.
Teresa Church, 358 Newport Ave., Pawtucket.
Interment will follow at Swan Point Cemetery, Blackstone Blvd., Providence.
Visitation will be held on Thursday from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts to St.
Teresa Church, 358 Newport Ave., Pawtucket, RI 02861, Fisher House Boston, PO Box 230, So.
Walpole, MA 02071, Sisters of St.
Joseph of Carondelet, 385 Watervliet-Shaker Rd., Latham, NY 12110 or HopeHealth Hospice, 1085 No.
Providence, RI 02904 would be appreciated.
For online condolences please visit: trippfuneralhome.com
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