Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, January 17, 1994 TAG: 9401170197
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: HARRISONBURG LENGTH: Short
OBIT-CALDWELL, DUDLEY MCKENNA, (MRS.)
CALDWELL, Dudley McKenna, (Mrs.) 76, of Harrisonburg, died Saturday
evening, January 15, 1994, at 11:30 in the Rockingham Memorial Hospital. She
was the widow of Dr. George M. Caldwell and resident of 122 Highlands Place,
Sunnyside Retirement Community in Harrisonburg. A daughter of the late Paul
King and Lila Mae Harper McKenna, she was born October 17, 1917 in Mt.
Sterling, Ky. She attended Greenbrier College in Lewisburg, W. Va. Mrs.
Caldwell had formerly made her home in Christiansburg, where she was a member
of the Christiansburg Presbyterian Church, teaching Sunday School and singing
in the choir. She moved to Harrisonburg in 1988 and had been a resident of
Sunnyside Retirement Community for the past five years. She was a member of
the Harrisonburg First Presbyterian Church. On December 19, 1942, she married
Dr. George M. Caldwell, who preceded her in death on July 24, 1987. She is
survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Paul C. and Paula T. Caldwell,
Harrisonburg; one daughter and son-in-law, Lila C. and Douglas B. Gardner,
Harrisonburg; two grandchildren, David Caldwell Gardner and Erin Elizabeth
Gardner, both of Harrisonburg; one brother, Dr. William H. McKenna of Mt.
Sterling, Ky.; and several nieces and nephews. Her body will be cremated at
the Lindsey Cremation Chapel in Harrisonburg and a memorial service will be
held at 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon at Sunnyside, with Dr. John F. Sloop and
Dr. Jim Guthrie officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to the
Sunnyside Presbyterian Home in memory of Mrs. Caldwell.
by CNB