Lincoln Dodd's Obituary
Dad was born to John Walter and Margaret Elizabeth (Newell) Dodd on a farm in Coopersville, Michigan and was the middle of three boys. He graduated from Coopersville High School and shortly thereafter joined the Army. After basic training, Linc was sent off to WWII where he was a demolition engineer and was at the landing on Normandy Beach, planting explosives on the barricades in the water that protected the beach. After gaining the beachhead his battalion made it south into France, eventually making it into Paris. Then they went back north to the Ardennes Forest and on to Berlin.
After the war he worked at Challenge Porcelain in Grand Haven where a beauty, Harriet Bulthouse, caught his eye across the aisle from his work area. He made sure to assist the assembly workers so he could chat with her. He asked her out on a date, and she turned him down. She was a believer in Jesus, and he was not. They finally made a date to go to the Billy Graham Crusade at Maranatha where he heard about and found Jesus as his savior.
They married in 1947 and had four children, Dave, Judy, Jim and Floyd. Dad built the house we all grew up in and was always tinkering around with autos, appliances, plumbing, most anything. We never threw anything away without trying to repair it first. Mother's favorite saying was "my Lincoln can fix anything". His last big project was siding a grandson's house at 91. We would call down sizes and Dad would be sitting at the saw cutting them to size.
He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church for many years always serving where he could. Sunday School teacher, trustee, deacon, handyman and much more.
He will be laid to rest in Coopersville, Michigan (Coopersville-Polton cemetery) next to his wife, mother and father.
Arrangements by Shoreline Memorial Services -- Muskegon Chapel -- (231)-722-5050
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