Dori Starkey passed away peacefully on January 27, 2021. Dori was born July 16, 1935 in San Diego to Dorothy Louise McNeil Alderson and Winston Towle Alderson.
She spent her first years in the Johnstown area near Lakeside; her family then moved to the Hillcrest area when her father, an engineer, began work at Ryan Aeronautical in San Diego.
She attended Alice Birney Elementary School, Horace Mann Middle School, where she was class valedictorian, and San Diego High, where she was involved in many activities and served as head cheerleader and art director of the yearbook.