Dorothy “Dottie” Hottinger Sharples passed away on May 24, 2026, in Chester, Connecticut.
She was born on May 8, 1943, at home in Ft. Seybert to the late Ruth (Ritchie) and William Eldon Hottinger.
Mrs. Sharples enjoyed her 4-H club and Methodist church activities.
She graduated as the valedictorian of the 1961 class of Franklin High School. The first in her family to complete college, she graduated in 1965 from West Virginia Wesleyan College.
She began a career of teaching high school English first in Buckhannon, then continued after relocating to Connecticut. For 35 years, she taught English at Jonathan Law High School in Milford, Connecticut, and was the sponsor of the high school newspaper.
She spent her spare time antiquing in rural Connecticut, working in her garden, and helping in afterschool care for grandchildren, Turner and Hayden, when they were in grammar school. She was a fan of the New York Yankees, and loved watching basketball and golf.
She and her husband Howard Sharples (deceased 2024) traveled domestically and frequented Atlantic City casinos and Mohegan Sun. During their lifetimes, they coddled their beloved Shih Tzus, first Michael and then Jordan.
Surviving are a son, Jeffery Davis II of Westbrook, Connecticut; grandchildren, Turner and Hayden of Westbrook, Connecticut; and a sister, Loretta Hottinger (Ronald) of White Plains, New York.
