Obituary of Dorothy June "Dottie" Hansen Lynn

Dorothy ‘Dottie’ June (Hansen) Lynn, Age 65, passed away on Monday, January 18th, 2021 at CentraState Medical Hospital, Freehold Township. Dorothy was born November 20th, 1955 in New Brunswick, NJ and grew up in Edison, NJ. She was the oldest of two children born to Carl ‘Jake’ Hansen (Deceased) and Dorothy Hansen (Cordo). Her hobbies included roller skating, dancing, baseball and softball, hair dressing, and ceramics /crafts. She graduated with the Edison High School Class of 1974. After high school she worked as a security guard for Wells Fargo, she worked for UPS and at Maidenform with her mother. She married her 1st husband, Edwin Trent, and divorced seven years later. She began working at a bottling plant (Owen- Illinois) where she met the love of her life, James Lynn, of Metuchen, NJ in 1983. They settled down in Jackson, NJ and were married on December 27, 1986. They had two children together, Courtney Benko (Lynn) and Erin Wolfe (Lynn). Dorothy later earned her cosmetology license and fulfilled her lifelong dream of becoming a beautician. She was heavily involved in both her daughter’s Girl Scout troops. She became an assistant troop leader and volunteered over 10 years of service to the Girl Scouts of Ocean County. She was well known in the community for her involvement with Jackson Recreation Girls Softball. She was an assistant coach and later became Assistant Supervisor for the organization. She was recognized for driving growth in the program and securing donations for new equipment. Dorothy cherished her time with both Girl Scouts and softball. She loved the girls and often spoke of how rewarding both jobs were. She was diagnosed with kidney failure and her husband donated his kidney in 2008. It gave her another 12 blessed years of life that were not taken for granted. With a new lease on life, she began working in the Cafeteria at Land of Pines Elementary school. She made some great friends amongst her coworkers and loved caring for the children. ‘Mrs. Dottie’ enjoyed talking to the kids about wrestling and always looked forward to going to work following a big wrestling match. She lived for special occasions and loved dressing up and going dancing. She especially enjoyed celebrating Halloween. She always made sure to win tickets to 95.9 the WRAT’s annual Halloween party every year. Her proudest moment was winning a 1971 Chevelle from the WRAT and Joey Kramer, the drummer of Aerosmith, handed her the keys. She loved her dog Sheba, riding in her jeep, and the color purple. She was a proud Mom-Mom to two beautiful grandkids, James Benko (2017) and Charlotte Benko (2021). She expressed how grateful she was to have met her granddaughter before she went into the hospital. Dorothy is preceded in death by her father Carl ‘Jake’ Hansen, and younger sister Karen Hansen. She is survived by her mother Dorothy Hansen (Cordo), husband of 34 years, James Lynn, daughters Courtney Benko (Lynn) and Erin Wolfe (Lynn), and grandchildren James Benko and Charlotte Benko. Due to her love of children, in lieu of flowers, we ask that you please send donations to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. FACEBOOK POST: My mom passed away on Monday night. She was a loving wife, aunt, cousin, friend, Mother, and Mom Mom. She was a beautiful, hardworking, fun and caring woman. She loved dancing, baseball/softball, roller skating, rock-n-roll, the color purple, Halloween, hairdressing, and her jeep...We shared a lot in common. If you knew my mom, you knew that Courtney and I were not her only children. She cherished her time with Girl Scouts and Jackson Recreation Girls Softball the most and dedicated so much of her life to helping kids. If you ever got Dottie’s angry face or she yelled at you, you were one of her kids. She was married to the love of her life for 34 beautiful years. My dad always knew how to make her laugh. Their love for each other was inspiring, and I hope to lead by their example. Without hesitation, when my mom needed a kidney transplant, my dad offered to be a donor. It gave us another 12 blessed years with our mom that we did not take for granted. I’ll admit, it was sometimes hard to see past her condition, but I will always remember her as the beautiful woman who loved to dress to the nines to go out on a date with my dad and simply lit up the dance floor in his arms, the proud woman who got her cosmetology license so she could set a good example for her daughters, the badass cruising around in her 1971 Chevelle that she won off the radio (like I said...badass)!! And the cool Mom who would load all the neighborhood kids in the back of the station wagon and rush us off to six flags when it was raining, so we could walk right on all the rides. She was a wonderful, caring woman and I am thankful to be her daughter. I am all that I am because of her and I love and miss her so much.