Dorothy Celeste Holden Livingston, of Topsham died September 5, 2016, at Cadigan Lodge of the Highlands. She was a widow of John Paul Livingston, who she married in 1950. After a 32- year residence in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, Mr. & Mrs. Livingston retired to Topsham, Maine in 1990.

A daughter of Philip Howard Holden and Evalyne Nason Kemp Holden, she was born on August 15, 1926 in Port Chester, New York. A 1944 graduate of Mamaroneck High School, where she was an honors student, she attended the 2 year war college at Syracuse University from 1944 to 1946, majoring in public relations. While at college she became a member of Sigma Kappa Sorority, Epsilon Chapter. After college she was for 6 years the Administrative Assistant to the Director of Television at McCann-Erickson Advertising Agency in New York City.

In the 20 years prior to retirement, she was Comptroller of National Shooting Sports Foundation, Assistant Treasurer of Sporting Arms & Ammunition Institute, both in Newtown, Connecticut, and Benefits Manager for both of those organizations and Wildlife Management Institute in Washington, D.C.

A volunteer for many youth organizations she served as a Cub Scout Den Mother, Girl Scout Troop Leader, and as a music resource person and trainer of the adult volunteers for the Girl Scouts. She was Senior President of Mary Bush Society, Children of the American Revolution, when it was the largest C.A.R. society in the United States. She served as a classroom and reading volunteer at William-Cone School in Topsham. She volunteered for and was a member of the Board of Directors of Respite Care in Brunswick, Maine. After moving to the Highlands, she was an activities volunteer in the Governor King Residence.

A 60-plus year member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, she currently was a member of Topsham Brunswick Chapter, and had served as its secretary, Regent, and in multiple chairmanships. She was Maine State Chairman of the DAR Good Citizens Committee, which honors outstanding

High School seniors. She was an associate member of Elizabeth Wadsworth DAR Chapter in Portland Maine, and while in Connecticut was a member of Putnam Hill Chapter in Greenwich. She was a member of The Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Maine, descended from Stephen Hopkins, the only Mayflower voyager who had also been part of the Jamestown Colony in Virginia.

A member of Brunswick United Methodist Church, she served as Secretary of the Administrative Board, and also of Loyalty Club. In her Connecticut church, First Congregational of Old Greenwich, she was an organizer of the Women’s Evening Fellowship, and several times participated in the production of Benjamin Britten’s drama, Noye’s Fludde.

She was an avid knitter, starting during World War II, knitting olive drab socks and sweaters for people serving in the Military. She has knit several quilts, each of 63 squares of different patterns, some for family members, and several for organizations such as Respite Care, for whom the quilts were fund-raising projects. Most recently she was one of the Highlands Knitters, whose different items were for hospital and nursing home residents.

She had been a member of the Residents Association Executive Board at the Highlands, and served as Treasurer.

Her survivors include two daughters, Leslie Anne Livingston (Jill Copeland) of North Yarmouth, Maine and Barbara Evalyne Livingston (Amanda Wilson) of Needham, Massachusetts, and four grandchildren; Laura Livingston of Richmond, VA, Kyle Livingston of North Yarmouth, ME, Elinor Wilson and Max Wilson of Needham, MA. She was predeceased by her husband, and by her son, John Paul Livingston, Jr.

A memorial service will be held 4 pm Saturday September 10, 2016 at the Brunswick United Methodist Church, 320 Church Road, Brunswick, ME. In lieu of flowers, please contribute to Respite Care of Brunswick, Maine, or to a charity of your choice. Memories and condolences can be shared at www.brackettfuneralhome.com.