Marcella Dorsey (1918-2009)

DORSEY, JOHNSON, BERTHOFF, JENNINGS, FISHER

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 6/23/2009 at 18:12:35

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, June 23, 2009.

Marcella Dorsey, 91, a resident of Madonna Towers in Rochester, Minn., died Sunday, June 21, 2009, at Madonna Towers. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 24, at Madonna Towers Chapel, with the Rev. Jay Rowland officiating. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, in Dumont Cemetery in Dumont.

Friends may call one hour before the service Wednesday at Madonna Towers.

Marcella Virginia Johnson was born Feb. 5, 1918, to Milton Edward and Stella (Berthoff) Johnson in Dumont, where she was raised and graduated from high school. She attended the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, where she earned a degree in elementary education. She taught in elementary schools in central Iowa before she married Terrance Arlan “TA” Dorsey on June 11, 1944, in Dumont. Dr. Dorsey was a veterinarian; he died May 1, 2003. The couple lived in Brookings, S.D., for 15 years where she served as a Sunday school teacher and was active in Girl Scouts and 4-H. They then moved to Ames, where Dr. Dorsey worked for the National Animal Disease Laboratory until he retired. While in Ames, she was a member of Northminster Presbyterian Church, where she was active in the women’s group and was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees. Her husband enjoyed gardening, and she enjoyed canning fruits and vegetables from the garden. She also was a talented seamstress and did needlework. The couple moved to Rochester in 2000, where she was a member of First Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by two daughters, Zoe A. Dorsey, of Muscatine, and Lea (Dwight) Jennings, of Rochester; two granddaughters, Crystal (Thad) Fisher, of DeForest, Wis., and Angela Jennings, of Rochester; and two great-grandsons, Westin and Tyson.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, and one brother.

Memorials are suggested to Madonna Towers.

Mahn Family Funeral Home, Rochester Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.

Friends may sign the online guestbook at www.mahnfamilyfuneralhome.com.

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