Dorothy Marie (ASHLOCK) BIRCH

ASHLOCK, BIRCH, MILES, KITTLESON, RUMME, PETERSON, MUHLSTEIN, WILHITE

Posted By: Sharon R. Becker (email)
Date: 5/21/2012 at 05:05:02

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
November, 2008

Dorothy Marie BIRCH, 95, died Sunday (Nov. 9, 2008) at the Concord Care Center in Garner. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, at the Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Mason City. Burial will be in the Oakwood Cemetery in Plymouth. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Ave., in Mason City, with a Women of the Moose memorial service at 6:45 p.m.

Memorials may be given to the Dorothy M. BIRCH Memorial Fund or the donor's choice in her name.

Dorothy Marie BIRCH was born on March 23, 1913, to Jesse and Mary (MILES) ASHLOCK in Wing, N.D. Dorothy moved to Mason City when she was 11-years-old and went to high school through the 11th grade. Dorothy married Dale (Luttie) BIRCH on Nov. 12, 1932, and stayed home to raise their children.

She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church and the Women of the Moose. She enjoyed bowling, playing cards, and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Survivors include her daughter, Deloris KITTLESON, of Mason City; son, Gary BIRCH and wife, Joyce, of Garner; grandson, Bruce KITTLESON and wife, Michele, and their children, Jonathan, Megan, and Jake, of Osage; grandson, Jeff RUMME and wife, Diane, of Santa Maria, Calif.; great-grandsons, Chris RUMME and wife, Colleen, of Santa Maria, Calif., Cody and Travis KITTLESON, of Mason City; great-granddaughter, Jennifer RUMME and special friend, Josh, of Chandler, Ariz.; great-great grandchildren, Hailey Ann RUMME, of Santa Maria, Calif.; sister, Genevieve PETERSON, of Como, Miss.; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Jesse and Mary ASHLOCK; husband, Dale; son, Ronnie; son-in-law, Nels KITTLESON; granddaughter, Tammie; grandson, Bradly KITTLESON; brothers, George and Gerald ASHLOCK; sisters, Vivian BROADWELL, Myrtle MUHLSTEIN, and Geraldine (Chinander) WILHITE.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2011