KELSON, Dorothy L. (Shannon) 1922-2017

KELSO, SHANNON, JAYNE, NORTON, MCMURRIN, WESTIN

Posted By: K. L. Kittleson
Date: 3/12/2018 at 12:36:18

Dorothy L. Shannon Kelso

February 3, 1922 - December 14, 2017

Biography--

Dorothy L. Shannon Kelso, age 95, of Cedar Falls died Thursday, December 14, 2017 at the Pinnacle Specialty Care, Cedar Falls. She was born February 3, 1922 in Cedar Rapids, the daughter of William Enoch and Lelia Ann Jayne Shannon, She married Paul Cyrus Kelso on May 21, 1943 in Gorin, Missouri. He died in February 23, 1985.

Mrs. Kelso was an elementary teacher. She taught in elementary schools in LaPlata, Missouri, Memphis, Missouri, Cedar Falls and Waterloo, retiring from the Waterloo Community Schools in 1986. After her retirement, she volunteered for seventeen years, first at McKinstry Elementary School in Waterloo and then at Lincoln Elementary School in Cedar Falls. She wrote a biography of her mother, "Her Name was Lelia Janyne", for her family in 1989, and Dorothy's autobiography, "Looking Backward"�, in 1999.

Survivors include one daughter, Coleen Ann Kelso, of Cedar Falls; two grandsons, Neal Kelso Westin and his wife, Patricia Leeper Westin, of Des Moines, their sons, Kyle Scott and Logan Lantz Westin; grandson, Erik Richard Westin, his, wife Kelly Ferguson Westin, their daughter, Adalie Doreen Westin, son, Aidan Paul Westin, and daughter, Vivian Kelly Westin of Trussville, Alabama.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister, Martha Jayne Shannon Norton; a daughter, Karen Sue Kelso-McMurrin, and a grandson, Scott Paul Westin.

Memorial services are pending.

MEMORIALS: Paul C. Kelso and Dorothy W. Kelso Memorial Scholarship, UNI Foundation, 205 Commons, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50614-0281, Cedar Valley Hospice, Box 2880, Waterloo, Iowa 50704-2880, Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 587, Annapolis, MD 21404-0613; Youth Collection, Cedar Falls Public Library, 524 Parkade, Cedar Falls, Iowa 50613.

SOURCE: Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof funeral home website