Dorothy Mae "Dotti" Contreras, 70, of Kingsbury, passed away on December 20, 2015. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 10 am Kingsbury United Methodist Church with Rev. Barbara Dyke officiating. Private inurnment will follow at a later date. Dotti was born on August 21, 1945 in Lewiston, ME to Fabian and Olive (Richardson) Packard. Dotti, who graduated from University of Maine, Presque Isle, began her teaching career in Limestone, Maine, teaching 6th grade. It was in 1983 that she met the love of her life, Dr. George Hext Contreras, a United States Air Force pilot. They married in Caribou, ME in 1984 and left for Panama. While in Panama, she taught at Curundu Elementary, a Department of Defense Dependent School as well as courses at Panama Community College. In 1988, the couple moved to Rome, New York where Dotti earned a Masters Degree from Syracuse University as a counselor in Vocational Rehabilitation which she used as a teacher and counselor at the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees, Utica, NY. In 1995, they moved to Kingsbury and Dotti went to work teaching at Stockdale ISD where she eventually retired. As a teacher she instilled in her students the mottos "Integrity" and "Attitude Determines Success." During her summers off, Dotti would go back to Hermit Island, ME to camp, hike, and visit her children and grandchildren in Portland, ME & Voorheesville, NY. Dotti is preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her loving husband of 31 years, George; children John F. McDonald, Jeffrey P. McDonald and wife Muriel, Shauna Worthley and husband Mike, Barbara Leigh Davis and husband Will; grandchildren Sydney Worthley, Christopher Worthley, Anastasia McDonald, Brenden Davis, Conway Davis, and Ryan Davis; siblings, Jeannie Daniels, Barbara Packard, Stephen Packard, as well as numerous other loving family members. Memorial Contributions may be made to Kingsbury United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 34, Kingsbury, TX 78638, or the American Cancer Society, c/o Jeanette Siltmann, 196 Townesend Road, Seguin, TX 78155.