Dorothy Jean Branstetter (Hartville)'s Obituary
Dorothy Jean Broyles Branstetter, oldest child of Roy and Jessie Broyles was born in Hartville, MO, Feb. 24, 1926 and passed away
Her childhood and teen years were spent on the family farm. She attended Hartville High School. On April 20, 1946 she married Charles Everette Branstetter when he returned from the Air Force. Dorothy retired in 1986 after 25 years as a federal employee.
In 1990, after Everette’s death, she moved to Elfindale Retirement Center. In Springfielld she joined St. John’s Auxiliary as a “pink lady”. She was a member of the First Methodist Church and a 50+ year member of the Eastern Star Lodge.
In 2010 she moved to Lee’s Summit, MO. She continued her volunteer work at John Knox, where she lived. She loved to play bridge, garden and travel.
She is survived by her daughter Gale Mayfield and husband Fred of Lee’s Summit, MO; her son Tway Branstetter and wife Carolyn of Lithia, FL; three grandchildren, Dr. Erik Branstetter and wife Annette of Medford WI, Kim Ortmeyer and husband Jeff of Lithia, FL, Dr. Shelly Siddiqui and husband Asim of San Francisco, CA, sister Jewell Pearman of Mt. Grove, MO, and five great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held Saturday, Nov. 23 at 1:00p.m. in Steele Memorial Cemetery in Hartville, Missouri. Visitaiton will be Saturday, Nov. 23 at noon in Holman-Howe Funeral Home at Hartville.
Memorials can be made to the Leukemia Society and left at the funeral home.
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