Avis de décès de Dorothy Hammond

AUBURNDALE -- Mrs. Dorothy Jane Hammond enjoyed the social interaction she had with the patients at Winter Haven Hospital, where she worked as a housekeeper."She got to spend quite a bit of time working in the patients' areas. She cleaned their rooms and she loved doing that and being around the patients and meeting the people," said her daughter, Janice Skelton of Auburndale.Mrs. Hammond died of kidney failure Monday (March 27, 2006) at Winter Haven Hospital. She was 80.The lifelong resident of Polk County was born in Bartow on April 19, 1925, and moved to Auburndale from there 32 years ago. In her younger years, she was an avid fisherman on the lakes of Polk County."She would catch the fish and clean and cook them. I've seen her sit out there and clean a big pile of fish," Skelton said.Mrs. Hammond worked at Winter Haven Hospital for 17 years. After her retirement at the age of 63, she returned to the hospital working part-time for a number of years.She was a warm person and affectionately known as "Granny" to many people even outside of her family.She was a longtime member of Lake Region Baptist Church.Mrs. Hammond was preceded in death by her husband of nearly 65 years, Timothy Hammond, in January. In addition to her daughter, Janice Skelton, she is survived by her sons, Warren Hammond and Thomas Hammond, both of Auburndale, and Freddie Hammond, Marbel, N.C.; daughters, Linda Griffith, Haines City, and Wylene Nowell, Auburndale; 22 grandchildren; and 33 great-grandchildren.Visitation will be from 6 to8 p.m. Thursday at OttLaughlin Funeral Home in Auburndale. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home chapel. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Brandywyne Nursing Home.