Monday, March 15, 2021 - 9:26 pm
MADRID: Dorothy L. Prosper, 75, of Madrid and formerly Potsdam, passed away Thursday night (March 11, 2021) at Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, NY.
Dot was born January 19, 1946 in Potsdam, to the late E. Stanley and Pauline (Benson) Howlett. She graduated from Potsdam Central School in 1964 and continued her education in Watertown, NY, attending beauty school.
In 1964 she also fell in love with her companion for life John Prosper, and after a short courtship they were married in January of 1965. Shortly down the road they welcomed their first son John II (Elaine) of Chesapeake, Virginia, followed by twin boys Mark (Pendaley) of Suffolk, Virginia and Jeffrey (Sandra) of Norfolk, New York.