Frances C.F. Dobinson
Frances C.F. Dobinson of Lords Valley, Pa., died from cancer on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, at Kindred Hospital, Dover, N.J. She was 60.
Daughter of the late Vincent and Almalinda (Barile) Fairlie, she was born on June 16, 1955, in the Bronx. She was married to Walter G. Dobinson Jr. on June 4, 1977, in Hamilton Square, N.J.
As her father was a career Airman, she grew up around various airbases in the U.S. and Germany before her father settled the family in Hamilton Square, N.J., where she graduated from Steinert High School. She graduated from Trenton State College and completed Army R.O.T.C., earning her commission as an Army Signal Officer. She served in Germany from 1977-1980 before transferring to the Reserves. In 2005 she was recalled to active duty to train soldiers for the Iraq War.
She was a retired intelligence research analyst for the Department of Defense Foreign Intelligence Division for the U.S. Army Armaments Research and Development Engineering Center at Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, N.J.
She was a member of the Retired Officers Association, The Association of the United States Army, and the Women’s Memorial. She enjoyed crocheting and various hand crafts, was an avid movie enthusiast, and supported various charities that rescued dogs.
Survivors include her husband, Walter; four sons, Walter G. Dobinson III of Bollingbrook, Ill.; Vincent M. Dobinson of Hawley, Pa.; William J. Dobinson and his wife, Jessica, of Long Pond, Pa., and Robert D. Dobinson of Hawley; two grandchildren, Walter G Dobinson IV of Kenosha, Wis., and William G. Dobinson of Long Pond, Pa.; brother, John and his wife, Sue Fairlie, of Hillsborough, N.J.; sisters, Catherine Fairlie of Waldorf, Md., and Marianne Fairlie of Hamilton, N.J.
Friends may call at Stroyan Funeral Home, 405 West Harford St., Milford, Pa., on Wednesday, Jan. 20, from 7 to 9 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. John Neumann, 705 Route 739, Lords Valley, on Thursday, Jan. 21, at 11 a.m., with the Rev. Thomas Major officiating. Cremation will take place at the convenience of the family.
In lieu of flowers, Memorial donations may be made to the Fran’s Final Gift gofundme campaign (www.gofundme.com/64wxc5q4). All donations will go to the K9’s for Warriors foundation, which provides service dogs to veterans with PTSD and other disabilities.