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Tucson Shooting Victim: Dorwin Stoddard

Updated: Tuesday, 11 Jan 2011, 8:18 PM MST
Published : Tuesday, 11 Jan 2011, 8:18 PM MST

Everyone who knew Dorwin Stoddard thought he would die of complications from one of his 17 heart stents, or during one his numerous construction projects at Mountain Avenue Church of Christ.

During his latest project, he fell 20 feet when a ladder buckled, said his pastor and friend Michael Nowak.

When the shooting started Saturday, he dove to the ground, covering his wife Mavy, who was shot in the leg three times. The couple had been grade school sweethearts growing up in Tucson.

After their respective spouses died, they independently moved back to retire, became reacquainted and fell in love all over again.

Mavy Stoddard talked to her husband, who was shot in the head, for 10 minutes while he breathed heavily. Then he stopped breathing.

"He heard the shots and covered my mom with his own body and protected her and saved her," said stepdaughter Penny Wilson.

"We'd like to compliment the hero that lies in our father and we are just blessed that he's walking with the lord now. What a way to go, as the hero, he lived that kind of a life," said stepdaughter Angela Robinson.

He had two sons from his first marriage, and Mavy has three daughters.

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