Services for Allen R. Dodge, 95 of Salina, who died Thursday, March 22, 2012, will be held at the First Presbyterian Church on Monday, March 25 and inurrnment will be at Roselawn Cemetery.

Al Dodge was a retired Salina businessman. For more than 40 years he was president of Homestead Savings and Loan, which was located most of that time at 104 E. Iron Ave. He held real estate and insurance brokerage licenses and was owner of Dodge Agency Realtors and a partner in several insurance agencies, including Dodge, King and Groves.

Al Dodge was active in the community and served on a number of boards, including the Salina Recreation Commission, the Marymount College Board of Trustees, the Salina Country Club Board of Directors, the St. Johns Military Academy and the Salina Airport Authority. He was president of the Kansas Savings and Loan League. He also was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, American Legion, Isis Shrine and Elks Lodge.

Al Dodge was an avid fisherman and won several golf tournaments. Most notably, he was the Salina City Golf Champion in 1956 and won the Saline County Four Ball Championship with his brother-in-law, Howard Engleman, in 1966.

He graduated from Salina High School in 1934 and attended the University of Kansas, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He also attended the Washburn University School of Law.

He was a United States Navy veteran of World War II.

He was born August 8, 1916, in Salina, the son of Caroline Marie Rickenbacher and C.B. Dodge Sr. He married Barbara Brann Simpson on January 15, 1938. She died in 1965. He married Jerenne Osborne Mellinger on August 13, 1967. She died in 1979.

Survivors include his sister, Mary Beth Engleman, Salina; two daughters, Joanne Robinson, Scottsdale, and Susan Csikos, Denver; a son, Clifton Dodge Sr., Salina; a stepson, Richard Mellinger, Overland Park; a stepdaughter, Gwyneth Mellinger Auchard, Lawrence;  11 grandchildren; seven step-grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; nine step-great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, C.B. Dodge Jr., as well as a brother who died at birth; a daughter, Judith Beth Platts; and a grandson, Marc Allen McCabe.

The family suggests memorial contributions to the Allen R. Dodge Fund at the Salina Community Foundation; 113 N. 7th, Ste. 201; Salina, Kansas 67401.

For more information or to leave online condolences please visit www.carlsonfh.net. A Carlson-Geisendorf Funeral Home service