Former Pacific Palisades resident Dorothy Newland Potts passed away on September 7 at Stow-Glen care center in Stow, Ohio, after a long and valiant battle with Parkinson’s disease. She was 75. Dorothy moved to the Palisades in 1964 with her husband, Byron, and their four children. She was active in PTA and the Girl Scouts until she was an empty-nester. She resided on McKendree and Iliff streets until 1986, when she moved to Studio City. She worked at Brotman Medical Center, Washington Hospital and Queen of Angels Hospital in an administrative capacity until she relocated to Stow, Ohio, in 1989 and began a 10-year working relationship with Kent State University. She moved to Stow-Glen in December 2007. Dorothy was predeceased by her daughter Marci, who passed away in June 2007. She is survived by her daughter, Terri Honodel of Spokane Valley, Washington; son David Potts of Leucadia; son Duncan Potts of Selma, Oregon; grandchildren Cara Arnold, Darin Honodel and Rachel Honodel; and great-grandson Scott Arnold. Services will be private. The family requests memorial gifts to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research to help Michael continue his aggressive campaign to find a cure and end the suffering of Parkinson’s patients. Send to Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, ATTN: Tribute Gifts, Church Street Station, P.O. Box 780, New York, N.Y. 10008.
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