Dr. Dorothy Jetty (West) Kizer (1921-2019)

KIZER, WEST, CUELLAR, COLEMAN, NEWMAN

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 11/22/2019 at 20:27:02

Obituary From Adams Soderstrum Funeral Home, Story County, Iowa.

Dr. Dorothy Jetty Kizer, 98, of Ames, Iowa, passed away November 12, 2019, at her home in Ames.

She leaves behind her daughter Deana of Ames, her son George and wife Anne of Plano, Texas, grandchildren Amy Cuellar and husband Mauricio of Houston, and Mark Kizer and wife Adrienne of Austin, great-grandchildren Lucas and Sebastian Cuellar, and beloved nieces and nephews. Dorothy is preceded in death by her husband of 70 years, Dr. George A. Kizer, her parents Walter and Deana West and her sisters Marjorie Coleman and Mary Alice Newman.

Born on January 12, 1921, Dorothy grew up on a farm near Bryant, Oklahoma. She was a feminist long before Betty Friedan's writings. She was someone who, against all odds and by dogged determination, lifted herself out of a difficult home life and deep poverty in rural Oklahoma to go on to earn her Ph.D. and become a college professor. She was immensely proud of her family and enjoyed socializing with her friends.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, April 18, 2020, at 2:00 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Ames. Internment of her ashes will occur at a private ceremony at the Iowa State Cemetery.

The Adams Funeral Home (www.adamssoderstrum.com) is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to the Ames Public Library (www.amespubliclibrary.org/) or the Oklahoma Historical Society (www.okhistory.org/).

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