DODROE, John D.  (Age 65) John David (Dave) Dodroe passed peacefully April 21, 2019 in his home in Spokane. Dave was born September 14, 1953 in Portland, Oregon, son of Edward H. and Colleen M. Dodroe.  Dave took courses for three years at Central Washington State College, enjoying most his classes in biology.  To earn money for college, Dave worked summers in the concrete construction trade, building sidewalks, driveways, and curbing all over Spokane.  Dave did not complete a degree in biology, instead working for most of his life in the concrete trade.  As all who knew him will attest, Dave was as strong and tireless as an ox, always readily willing to help others with their work.  He was known throughout the Spokane-area construction industry as completely honest, and providing the best workmanship in town.  Always a devout Catholic, in the 1990's Dave began spending winters in the mountains of Guatemala, working on numerous projects in and around Santa Catarina, Ixtahuacan.  He met Father David Baronti there, and they became longtime friends.  Over many years, Dave initiated many projects in Guatemala, obtained donations for, and then helped to build a small hydroelectric plant to provide electricity to Santa Catarina, a bakery and training center, a fish hatchery, make repairs on churches and chapels, and even work as a "powder monkey" using diesel fuel and fertilizer as an explosive to blast roadways in the high, mountainous country.  He also came to learn the Mayan language, K'Iche', as well as Spanish, so he could better communicate with the people of Santa Catarina.  He once quipped that he had been asked to be the godfather of so many children in Guatemala, he'd lost count.  In 2013, Dave was diagnosed with multiple myeloma cancer, which would affect him the rest of his days.  While this affected his thinking and slowed him down at times, it did not affect his spirit.  To the very end, he was still making plans to help other people, including planning another trip to Guatemala for another project.  Dave always put the needs of others ahead of his own, and never once sought recognition for the truly amazing number of good works he had accomplished.  A kind, strong, and remarkable soul.  Dave was preceded in death by his parents, Edward and Colleen Dodroe, and sister, Maureen Graves.  He is survived by his brothers, Don, Steve (Beate), and Paul (Maureen), his sister, Correen (Brian) Castaldi, and nieces and nephews, Sara, Kirsten, Nicholas, Marcus, Kate, and Emma.