Dwight Dodge, January 19, 2006
Published in The Baltimore Sun on January 25, 2006, by Jacques Kelly
Dwight Alton Dodge Jr., 58, manager for fuel company
Dwight Alton Dodge Jr., a retired fuel company manager and businessman who had been a student leader in his years at Parkville High School, died of a cerebral aneurysm Thursday at Cumberland Memorial Hospital. The former Pasadena resident was 58.
Born in Baltimore and raised in Baynesville, he was a 1965 graduate of Parkville Senior High School, where he had varsity letters in tennis and soccer. He was elected vice president of the school’s student council and in his senior year was elected president of the Maryland Association of Student Councils.
In this capacity, he drove to junior and senior high schools throughout the state and gave talks and workshops with other student leaders. He also attended a national convention in Bangor, Maine. At the same time, he was active in Methodist Youth Fellowship, initially at the old Boundary Methodist Church and later at Arnolia Methodist Church.
He won a scholarship to Yale University and earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy. He also was social chairman in his senior year.
“He booked rhythm-and-blues bands from all around New England,” said a classmate, William Caltrider of Baltimore. “He had quiet, innate natural leadership qualities, and he never got a swelled head about it.”
After graduation he went into in banking with Manufacturers Hanover Trust in New York as an account manager in corporate loans.
“I never saw him lose his temper or be short with anyone,” said a cousin, James R. Breeden of Greenlawn, N.Y. “He was a hard worker, the kind of person that most bosses would want to have around.”
He moved to Pasadena in 1975, and worked at J.P. Gibbons Co., a petroleum and asphalt products distributor. He also owned a Good Humor ice cream franchise in Baltimore and Anne Arundel County. Before retiring in 2003, he was a manager for McComas Fuel.
Mr. Dodge retired to Oakland in 2004 to be close to the mountains, where he enjoyed fishing and photography.
He also enjoyed tinkering with tools, machinery and digital technology. Friends said he read poetry, history and philosophy. He also had an extensive collection of classic American films, principally Westerns and spy thrillers.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. today at the Johnson Funeral Home, 8521 Loch Raven Blvd.
Survivors include his wife of more than 20 years, the former Sharon Eline; a son, Trevor M. Dodge Sr. of Pasadena; a sister, Jane Dodge Armacost of Parkton; and three grandchildren.
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