Dorothea B. Wright

Dorothea Wright, 85, 710 5th Avenue South, Moorhead, MN, died on Wednesday, October 20, 2004, in her home.Dorothea Dosland was born on April 18, 1919, in Moorhead, MN, to Christian and Anna Lobben Dosland, in what was then the Dosland home at 420 7th Street South. She grew up and attended school in Moorhead, graduating from Moorhead High School in 1937. She received her B.A. in education from Concordia College, graduating in 1941. She spent the summer of 1941 working for the war effort, making radio tubes at a plant in California. She taught in the Milroy Consolidated school in Milroy, MN, from 1941-1942, where she taught eleventh and twelfth grade English, seventh and eighth grade spelling, typing and library studies, Underwood, MN, from 1942-1943, where she taught typing, business training, bookkeeping, business law and library studies, Hendricks, MN, school from 1944-1946, and the Elk River School from 1946-1949.Dorothea married Lawrence V. Wright on June 25, 1955, in Moorhead where they made their home before moving to Fargo, ND. Dorothea continued teaching as a substitute teacher while she was raising her family. When Lawrence retired, the couple moved back to Moorhead. Lawrence died on December 8, 1997.Dorothea was a long time member of Eastern Star. She had a tremendous sense of humor and loved to bake and garden. She raised her children with a strong sense of fairness and equality.Dorothea is survived by two sons, Loren, Apple Valley, MN, and Marvin Carole, Moorhead, MN; three grandchildren, Matthew, David and Callan. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, a brother, Goodwin Dosland, and a sister, Corrine Schwafel.