Dorothea Teresa (Gardner) Bragdon passed away on Saturday February 7th at the age of 79. Dorothea was born on May 30th, 1946, to Henry Gardner and Theresa Leonard in Warwick, Rhode Island. She grew up in Warwick Rhode Island and later moved to New Hampshire in 1980. Dorothea loved spending time with friends and family, with her grandchildren then her great-grandchildren. Dorothea is survived by her daughter Jean Turner of North Haverhill, grandson Zachary Cummings, granddaughter Jazmyn Cummings great-grandchildren, Logan, Ayvah, Maci and Preston, her brother Leonard Gardner of Rhode Island and many nieces, nephews, and all those she chose to love. She is predeceased by her parents, stepfather Jean Paul Chouinard, her brother, Arthur Gardner, and sisters Ann Munroe, Helen Lapharn and Mary Abbott.