Davis, Dorothy J. (Cole) 1921-2006

CUNNINGHAM, COLE, DAVIS, PROSSER, SEEMANN, MILLER, RADOSKY

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Date: 9/7/2006 at 09:42:12

Dorothy J. Davis

Dorothy J. Davis, 84, of Lansing, Iowa, formerly of Waterloo, died at Thornton Manor Nursing Home in Lansing Saturday, July 1, 2006. She was born November 25, 1921, in Boone, Iowa, daughter of Edward and Lillian (Cunningham) Cole. She graduated from Boone High School.

Dorothy married Martin E. Davis November 11, 1964, in South Dakota. He died April 27, 1996. Over the years she worked both full- and part-time at J.C. Penney Co. She was a member of Kimball Avenue United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women. She was a member of Waterloo Chapter 128 of the Order of the Eastern Star and was also Past Worthy High Priest of Madonna White Shrine Chapter 47. In her free time Dorothy enjoyed being able to baby-sit her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She also loved to gamble.

Dorothy is survived by a son, Don W. Prosser and his wife Sharon of Lansing; a granddaughter, Kristi and her husband Bill Seemann of Waterloo; a grandson, Todd Prosser of Monticello, Ind.; and four great-grandchildren: Cassie and Mitchell Seemann of Waterloo and Gina and Alex Prosser of Muscatine.

Dorothy was preceded in death by two brothers, Walter and Arnold Cole, and two sisters, Madonna Miller and Violet Radosky.

Waukon Standard, July 12, 2006