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Lois Claire DoddAirline Employee

Lois Claire Dodd, 92, a former airline employee, died Dec. 16 of congestive heart failure at her home in Reston.

Mrs. Dodd was born in Estherville, Iowa, and attended the University of Sioux Falls in South Dakota.

She taught school until moving to the Washington area, where she took a job with Capital Airlines in 1945. She was with the company, sometimes in managerial positions, through its merger with United Airlines and retired in 1980.

Mrs. Dodd was a crossword puzzle fan, an enthusiastic world traveler and a swimmer. In later years, she was a Red Hat Lady.

Her husband, Leland Dodd, died in 1988.

There are no immediate survivors.

-- Joe Holley


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