WATERVILLE – Dorothy “Dot, Dottie” Hotham Shores, 89 passed away March 4, 2022 at Mount Joseph at Waterville with family by her side after a long journey with Alzheimer’s, “the long goodbye.”Dot was born in Masardis Sept. 9, 1932. Her family later moved to Freedom to farm potatoes. Dot attended Freedom Academy, where she played basketball. She married James E. Shores Jr. July 20, 1951.She belonged to Highland Avenue Methodist Church in Gardiner. Dot joined the grange in 1950 and was a member of Benton Grange, East Kennebec Pomona, the Maine State Grange, and the National Grange, where she held many offices at each level of this Fraternal organization. She was predeceased by her parents Mattie and Wilbur Hotham, her five brothers, Henry, Junior, Donald, Had, and Bobby and the love of her life Jimmy.She is survived by her five daughters, Connie Perry of South Carolina, Susanne and husband Steve Verrill of Poland, Beverley Hayward of West Gardiner, Nancy Poulin of Concord N.H., and Julie Shores of Winslow. Dot had eight grandchildren Luke Perry, Marie (Perry) Walls, Kimberly Verrill, Jessica (Verrill) Bosse, Joshua Hayward, David Hayward, Nathan Poulin, and Nicholas Poulin; nine great-grandchildren and one on the way and many nieces and nephews. Also, a very close family friend (sixth daughter) Carol-Jane Grover of East Eddington and two very special girls Ellen (Daily) Stephen and Madeleine Daily. The family would like to thank the Beacon Hospice staff for the care of their mother and support shown to the family, especially Kelly, Bree, Chaplain Eric, and Grace and many very special staff that cared for their mom over the eleven and a half years she was at Mount Joseph at Waterville. She will be laid to rest with her husband Jimmy at the Maine Veterans Cemetery in Augusta in a private burial at a later date.Arrangements are entrusted with Staples Funeral Home and Cremation Care, 53 Brunswick Avenue, Gardiner, Maine. Condolences, memories, and photos may be shared with the family on the obituary page of the Staples Funeral Home website: http://www.familyfirstfuneralhomes.com.Memorial donations may be made to the Maine Alzheimer’s Association383 US Route One #2CScarborough, ME 04074