Potter, Dorothy Mae – 1925-2010

POTTER, AUDAS, BUSBY, LEATHERMAN

Posted By: JCGS Volunteer
Date: 2/12/2010 at 19:28:42

A funeral service for Dorothy Mae Potter of Newton will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, at the Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton, which has been entrusted with the arrangements. A public viewing will be Wednesday from 3 to 7 p.m. A visitation with the family will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday until the 10:30 a.m. service time. In lieu of flowers, memorials in Dorothy’s name are being designated to Newton American Legion Post #111 Nursing Scholarship Fund. Burial will be at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Community Country Cemetery near Millersburg, Iowa.
Dorothy M. Potter, 84, the daughter of Harold and Adella (Leatherman) Busby, was born Nov. 2, 1925, in New Sharon, Iowa. She was a graduate of the New Sharon Senior High and later graduated from Drake University with a degree in teaching.
On Jan. 3, 1946, Dorothy was united in marriage with Harry H. Potter in Newton. To this union were born four sons, H. James, Bruce, Jeff and Craig. Residents of Newton, from 1948 until 1968, Dorothy and Harry moved to Colfax, Iowa. Dorothy taught public school in Colfax for 42 years, retiring in 1992. She was a member of the Newton American Legion #111 Auxiliary, the Women’s Club in Colfax, Nazareth Shrine, La Femmes and Pin Club. In 1988, she moved back to the Newton area.
Dorothy died Saturday afternoon, Feb. 6, 2010, in the Hospice of Jasper County Monarch Wing at Skiff Medical Center in Newton. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Harry, on March 3, 1983; her son, H. James Potter in 2003; her great-granddaughter, Chloe; her two sisters; and two brothers.
Those left to honor Dorothy’s memory include her sons and daughters-in-law, Bruce (Jody) Potter of Grinnell, Iowa, Jeff (Lorraine) Potter of Newton, Craig Potter of Pleasant Hill, Iowa, and Diane (H. James) Potter of Waterloo, Iowa; her seven grandchildren; her seven great-grandchildren; her sister, Jane Audas of Montezuma, Iowa; her three brothers, Melvin (Rosie) Busby of Los Angeles, Calif., Duane (Bertha) Busby of Pella, Iowa, and Norman (Olwyn) Busby of Orlando, Fla.; and her many friends and students.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.pencefh.com.
Source: Newton Daily News; Monday, February 8, 2010