DOB/DOD: November 11, 1896 (Danbury, CT) – September 17, 1940 (Stamford, CT); 43 years old
MARITAL STATUS: Married John Hurd [1896-1931] on June 7, 1928, in New York City, who passed 3 years later. Married John Dorsey [1891-1967] on February 28, 1933, in New York City.
CHILDREN: One daughter, Alida W. Dorsey Fuller [1935-1967]
LOCAL ADDRESS: 32 France Street, Norwalk
FAMILY: Born to Frank S. [1865-1899] and Mary E. Hand [1868-]. Mary remarried in 1911 to Francis Dillon in Danbury. Two sisters, Florence C. [1889-] and Mary M. [1896-]. Two brothers, Frederick J. [1891-1956] and Herbert L. [1894-1955].
SERVICE DATES: Served from October 31, 1918, to May 14, 1919. Assigned to General Hospital #3 in New Jersey for the duration of her enlistment.
From The Norwalk Hour April 18, 1923
Miss Mollie A. Hand, formerly of Norwalk, where she graduated as a nurse from the hospital, was one of fourteen successful girl contestants of Brooklyn and Long Island who will spend six weeks in France this summer as the result of the Good-Will election conducted by the Brooklyn Eagle for the American Committee on Devastated France and which ended last Saturday night.
From The Norwalk Daily Advocate September 17, 1940
Mrs. Mollie Hand Dorsey, 41, wife of John J. Dorsey, Outlook Drive, Noroton Manor, died suddenly at 5 this morning in Stamford Hospital. Dr. Ralph W. Crane, the Stamford medical examiner, gave the cause of death as “accidental poisoning.” She had been a resident of Noroton for about 10 years. Mrs. Dorsey was born in Danbury on November 11, 1898. Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Alida, five; one sister, Miss Florence Hand of Danbury; and two brothers, Frederick Hand and Herbert Hand, also of Danbury. Funeral service will be held at her late residence, Outlook Drive, at 8:30 Thursday morning, to St. John’s Catholic Church, Post Road, at 9:00 for a Solemn Requiem Mass. The interment will take place in St. John’s Cemetery in Norwalk.
Mollie Hand Dorsey is buried in St. John’s Cemetery, 223 Richards Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut; Section B1, Lot 35, Grave West ½ #4.
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