Obituaries

Lawrence Preston Dorsett

June 29, 1938 - September 29, 2026

U.S. Veteran

Memorial services will be held at 3 PM on Thursday, November 5th in the H.T. Layton Funeral Home, 102 S. Main St., Woodstown, where friends may visit from 2 PM until the time of service. A graveside committal service will be held at 12 Noon on Friday, November 6th in the Gloucester County Veterans Cemetery, 240 N. Tuckahoe Rd., Williamstown, NJ 08094.

Lawrence Preston Dorsett of Woodstown, formerly of Woolwich Township, passed away on Tuesday, September 29, 2026 in Vineland Veterans Home.

Lawrence was born on June 29, 1938 and was raised in York Haven, PA. He attended Lehigh University and the University of Kansas. He was an officer with the US Navy, serving from 1958 to 1978 first with a nuclear power plant and then as a Destroyer ship engineer. His civilian career was as a naval architect/engineer and retired from Lockheed Martin in 2003 after serving for 25 years. At home, he was the head handyman and financial investor in Dorsett Farms in beautiful South Jersey for over 40 years.

Lawrence is sadly missed by his wife, Ann Dorsett of Woodstown; his daughter, Helen Dorsett of Sydney, Australia; and his nephews, George Dorsett of The Villages, FL, Mike Dorsett of South Hadley, MA, and Jon Dorsett of Somerville, MA.