DOROTHY MAE TWIDLE of OCEAN GROVE, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 10, 2009. She was born in East Orange, N.J. on November 21, 1914 and moved to Ocean Grove as a young girl. She graduated from Neptune High School in 1932 and went to work for the Jersey Central Power & Light Company. Upon marrying, she became a homemaker, briefly lived in Belmar and raised 4 children in Ocean Grove. In her later years she worked as the church secretary at the First United Methodist Church in Belmar and at the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Bible Bookstore. She loved Jesus, and in all she did, she proclaimed him as her Lord and Savior. She was a marvelous cook and enjoyed entertaining, Bible studies ,the Knicks, good preaching, church music and swimming in the ocean. She loved her family and friends dearly. In her later years, she lived in the Francis Asbury Manor and the Manor-by-the-Sea nursing home and received wonderful, loving care from the staff in both facilities. She was loved by all and will be missed dearly. She was predeceased by her husband, Clifford Tweet Twidle, a brother, Stewart, of Florida, her daughter, Karen Sager, and her grandson, Jeffrey Sager. She is survived by her son, the Reverend Dr. Richard Twidle and his wife, Judy, of Ocean Grove; her daughter, Susan Twidle of Rhode Island; her son, Stephen Twidle and his wife, Susan, of Ocean Grove; five grandchildren to whom she was known lovingly as Mom-Mom; four great-grandchildren; a sister, Anne Jacobsen of Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and several nieces and nephews. A private, family burial took place on Saturday, December 12th at the Monmouth Memorial Park, Tinton Falls. Family and friends are invited to a memorial service on Sunday, December 27th at 2 p.m. at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Embury and New York Aves., Ocean Grove. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations marked Fellowship Fund be made in Dorothy's name to the United Methodist Homes of NJ Foundation, 3311 State Rte. 33, Neptune, N.J. 07753-9926 or at www.umh-nj.org .