Dolores Lee Ring, aged 94, passed away on October 4, 2024. She was born September 4, 1930. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dean and Dorothy Dickinson, and her brother and his wife, Dean and Lowene Dickinson. She was known as Dolores to her family and Lee to her friends.

She was a loving daughter, sister, aunt, wife, and mother. She is survived by her children, Barbara, Brenna, Katherine, and Kenneth Ring, her daughter-in-law, Mylena Ring, and her brother, and his wife, Allen and Dorothy Dickinson. She survived her husband, Morey Ring, by two months and 3 days.

She grew up in the state of Washington. Her parents were not wealthy and she grew up in various rented houses and farms. But wherever she was, she found ways to amuse herself, whether it was playing with cats in the barn or skunk cabbage in the woods. In grade school during World War II she got to listen to her favorite radio shows, like "I Love a Mystery" while listening for wartime emergency alerts on the radio. She was in Junior High or High School when a librarian handed her a collection of science fiction short stories and said she might like them. This was the beginning of her life-long interest in science fiction, a love she passed on to her children. She also went to the 1950 World Science Fiction Convention in Oregon and went to Philadelphia and Washington D.C. with a friend.

As a young woman she went to a teacher's college and was the first in her family to get a degree. She learned to drive after she became a teacher (she had depended on the bus before then.) One time, her roommates, who were dating chemistry graduate students, invited her to dinner with their dates and the other roommate of the graduate students. That "other roommate" was Morey Ring. The two hit it off immediately. They married before he left to complete his Post-Doctoral work in Baltimore.

Even once twins arrived, they continued to travel. In the 1960s, hotels did not have cribs so they had to improvise. When they were at Williamsburg, the twins were put on blankets in a bathtub. They also found a device that converted the car wells into a platform for the twins.

They moved to the Los Angeles area, where Morey worked at Rocketdyne. He transitioned to teaching at San Diego State University (then San Diego State College). They welcomed a daughter and then a son. By the time their son arrived, hotels always had cribs so travel was much easier.

When the children were older, Dolores went back to work as a book clerk and then a library clerk. When she retired, she took up genealogy. When she had researched her family tree as far back as she could, she started on her husband's genealogy. His genealogy required her to learn Polish and a bit of Russian to read the genealogical records. She indexed several town records and submitted them to a genealogical society. Another highlight was welcoming a daughter-in-law into the family at what she called "the wedding of the century".

And they continued to travel. Highlights included Tikal in Guatemala, China, Poland, and Central Europe. Poland was especially interesting as it allowed her to see where her husband's family had lived. They also went to Alaska several times and saw an aurora and many glaciers.

In their declining years, when Dolores had Alzheimer's and mobility issues, Morey still took her to see the Red Rock Country or up the coast to go rockhounding on the beach and see the seals. She passed at her home, surrounded by her family.

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