1945 – 2015

KINGSBURY, Texas — Dorothy Mae “Dotti” Contreras, 70, of Kingsbury, Texas, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 20.

Dotti was born in Lewiston on Aug. 21, 1945, to Fabian and Olive (Richardson) Packard. Dotti graduated from the University of Maine at Presque Isle and began her teaching career in Limestone, teaching sixth grade. In 1983, she met the love of her life, Dr. George Hext Contreras, a U.S. Air Force pilot. They married in Caribou in 1984 and left for Panama. While in Panama, she taught at Curundu Elementary, a Department of Defense Dependent school, as well as courses at Panama Community College.

In 1988, the couple moved to Rome, N.Y., where Dotti earned a master’s degree from Syracuse University as a counselor in vocational rehabilitation which she used as a teacher and counselor at the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees, Utica, N.Y. In 1995, they moved to Kingsbury, Texas, and Dotti went to work teaching at Stockdale ISD where she eventually retired. As a teacher, she instilled in her students the mottoes “integrity” and “attitude determines success.” During her summers off, Dotti would go back to Hermit Island to camp, hike, and visit her children and grandchildren in Portland and Voorheesville, N.Y.

She is survived by her loving husband of 31 years, George; children, John F. McDonald, Jeffrey P. McDonald and wife, Muriel, Shauna Worthley and husband, Mike, Barbara Leigh Davis and husband, Will; grandchildren, Sydney Worthley, Christopher Worthley, Anastasia McDonald, Brenden Davis, Conway Davis and Ryan Davis; siblings, Jeannie Daniels, Barbara Packard and Stephen Packard; as well as numerous other loving family members.

Dotti is preceded in death by her parents.

You are invited to sign the guest book at www.treshewell.com.