Juanita Rose Dodd, 82 of Midland, Texas, passed away on Saturday, December 28, 2019. Services will be 4:00PM Saturday, January 4, 2020 at Stonegate Fellowship, North Campus (Bldg. F).Juanita was born on February 10, 1937 in Wenatchee, Washington, to Paul and Marie Clift. Juanita really enjoyed singing and was a member of the Wenatchee High School Choir. She graduated from Wenatchee High in 1955. She then attended Washington State University and graduated in 1960 with a BS in Home Economics. She also attended Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, Pepperdine University in Malibu, California and received her Master’s Degree in Nutrition Sciences from Texas Women’s University and began working at Herman Memorial Hospital in Houston, Texas as a Dietitian. In December of 1966, she married Tom Dodd of Wharton, Texas and they lived in Houston, Texas. They attended Westbury Church of Christ in Houston. In February of 1974 her first and only child, Stephen Paul was born in Houston. In 1982 the family moved to Beaverton, Oregon. Juanita was an active member of the Church of Christ, where ever she lived. She left Oregon and moved back to Wenatchee, Washington in 2005 to take care of her mother Marie Clift. She returned to Texas in 2015 to be near her son, in Midland, Texas.Juanita is survived by her son, Stephen Dodd and granddaughters, Olivia and Natalie Dodd of Midland, Texas and her brother Eugene Clift of Cashmere, Washington.Juanita is preceded in death by her father Paul S. Clift.The family would like to express their gratitude towards the Midland Medical Lodge nurses and support staff and Hospice of Midland nurses and all the family and friends who have sent condolences and flowers and donations in her name.In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Harding University general scholarship fund.Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle and Welch Funeral Home and Crematory of Midland. Online condolences may be made at www.npwelch.com.,
