Dorothy A. Cretors

Dorothy A. Cretors passed away on Monday, April 10, 2006 at Serenity Gate. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 13, 2006 in Magnolia Park Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to Hospice of Houston County, 103 Westridge Drive, Warner Robins, Georgia 31088.

Mrs. Cretors was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She was one of the oldest continuous members of the Robins Air Force Base Officers’ Wives Club. Her affiliation with the military began in 1942 when she was chosen to serve in the newly-formed Women’s Army Corps, where she recruited women from the South. She left the Corps in 1943 when she met and married her husband, Lt. John T. Cretors. Lt. and Mrs. Cretors were stationed at several bases in the States before they were sent to Saudi Arabia. While there, Mrs.Cretors served as president of the OWC/NCO Wives’ Club. Lt. and Mrs. Cretors moved to Warner Robins in 1950, where Dottie served as Red Cross chairman, golf chairman, OWC reservations chairman, and as a member of the welfare committee. After a stint as USO volunteer, she was appointed director and held that post for 13 years. Dottie also helped form the first Base Nursery and the Thrift Shop.

The Robins OWC presented its Angel Award to Dottie for her outstanding volunteer efforts in 1988. In 1990, her volunteer work at the Museum of Aviation led to a position as Buyer/Manager of the Gift Shop until 1995. Her husband, Lt. Col. John T. Cretors; parents, Harold P. Adams and Mary K. Hutchings, preceded her in death.

Survivors include her son, James Cretors (Barbara), Warner Robins; granddaughter, Kim Cretors, Athens; and grandson, John Cretors (Kelley), Hayneville.


Funeral Home:
McCullough Funeral Home
417 S. Houston Lake Rd.
Warner Robins, GA
US 31088