Laconia----Arlene Dodge Avigdor Lawrence, 89, died Thursday, May 26. The daughter of Eugene and Mary (Rock) Theriault, she was born on May 13, 1922 in Cabot, Vermont.
Arlene was a long time resident of the Lakes Region and a winter resident of Boca Grande, Florida. She was the former Belknap County Director of Public Welfare. For many years the owner and proprietor of the Wicwas Lodge of Meredith and the Johnstown Hotel, NY; in addition she was involved with two other family hospitality properties The Inn at Steele Hill and the Squam Lakes Club. She was an early member of The Lakes Region Clean Waters Association, an avid golfer and gifted gardener. Later in her life she became a part time actress with several performances in Miami Vice. She was a decedent of the Terriot family, early settlers of Canada who landed in Port-Royal, Nova Scotia in 1636.
Arlene was predeceased by her sisters; Louis Healy, Louise Tyler and son Stephen E. Dodge.
She is survived by her sister Ellen Moore of Boerne, TX, and children; Sheila Dodge Guillette of Plainfield, VT; John T. Dodge III and his wife Sheila of Sanbornton; Katherine Dodge Dawson and her husband Mark of Tilton; James B. Dodge II of San Francisco, CA; Daniel R. Dodge of Hillsboro Beach, FL and Campton, NH; daughter in-laws Charlotte Dodge of Fulton, NY and Ella Bucklin Dodge of Franklin; 13 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
A private family service will be held.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made to New Hampshire Humane Society, 1305 Meredith Center Road, PO Box 572, Laconia, NH, 03246
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com