March 29, 2024

Dorothy Flowers

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Dorothy Flowers, 94, of East Providence, died Friday, May 11 at the Linn Health Center in East Providence where she had been a resident for 18 years. She was the wife of the late Woodrow W. Flowers.

Born in Pawtucket, she was a daughter of the late Perry and Lillian (Beardwood) Bedford, she was a Pawtucket resident most of her life.

Dorothy was a cashier for the former A&P in Pawtucket for 23 years and had also worked at the Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket for 10 years and then stayed on as a volunteer for many years.

She was an active member of the Epworth Methodist Church in Pawtucket for many years serving as a member of the Choir and the Chancel Guild, the Worship Committee, the Woman’s Society and the special projects committee

She leaves as son Charles E. Flowers of Pawtucket, a daughter Shirley A. Drummond of East Providence, 3 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. She also leaves a sister Lillian Houle of Attleboro. She was the sister of the late Edward, Kenneth, William Bedford, Ruth Buben, Alice Ponterelli and Barbara Catlow.

A Funeral Service will be held Saturday at 8:45 from the Monahan Drabble Sherman Funeral Home 230 Waterman St., Providence with a service at 10am in the Epworth United Methodist Church, Newport Ave. Pawtucket. Burial will be in Swan Point Cemetery. Calling hours Friday 4-7pm. Donations in her memory may be made to Hasbro Children’s Hospital.

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