Dorothy K. Kent 1916-2012

KENT CLAUSEN WITTERN

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 7/23/2012 at 12:55:42

Sioux City Journal
May 02, 2012

Dorothy K. Kent, 95, of Sioux City passed away Sunday, April 29, 2012, at her home.

Dorothy has been cremated. Per her request there will be no services. Arrangements are under the direction of Waterbury Funeral Service in Sergeant Bluff.

Dorothy was born on Sept. 14, 1916, in Sioux City, to George Augustus and Anna Marie Elizabeth (Clausen) Wittern. She was a longtime resident of Sioux City.

Dorothy married Walter Claude Kent on Jan. 29, 1938.

She loved to play cards, do crossword puzzles, sew, knit, crochet, cook, and read. She also enjoyed having a garden, canning her own food and chopped her own wood until she was 90 years old. She loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Survivors include her daughter, JoAnn (Kent) and her husband, Joe Goolsbey of Bartlesville, Okla.; grandchildren, Larry and Deb Cole of Sioux City, Lori and Randy Fox of Council Bluffs, Iowa, Linda and Cory Mohrhause of Bella Vista, Ark., Cindy and Ron Zellers of Sioux City, Lance and Jennifer Cole of Council Bluffs, Malcolm and Deb Kyser of Tallassee, Ala., Mike and Mary Price of Sioux City, Bill and Leann Price of Westminster, Colo., Kathy Price of Sioux City, Deanna Johnson of Fort Worth, Texas, and Doug Price of Sioux City; 27 great-grandchildren; 28 great-great-grandchildren; and two great-great-great-grandchildren.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents; husband; four brothers; three sisters; daughters, Jean (Alfred) Cole, and Janet (Merle) Price; grandsons, Daniel Price and Steven Kyser; great-grandson, Jonathon Webster, Sr.; great-great-grandchild, Cole Mohrhauser.

Dorothy's family would like to thank family, friends, and the staff of Hospice of Siouxland.