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Dorothy Sherman
DOROTHY SHERMAN
Alburnett
Dorothy May (Stimson) Sherman, 86, of Alburnett, died Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Memorial service: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at Alburnett United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Jon Moss. The family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Marion. Private family burial: Lafayette Cemetery, rural Alburnett.
Survivors include her children, Ken (Rosie) Sherman of Blue Grass, Gene Sherman of Marion, Helen (Dave) Franklin of Weiser, Idaho, Rich (Kay) Sherman of Searcy, Ark., and Keith (Stacey) Sherman of Des Moines; eight grandchildren, Valerie, Jason, Jennifer, April Marie, Erica, April Lynn, Matthew and Cray; six great-grandchildren, Elaine, Oliver, Elizabeth, Ryan, Morgan and Maryea; and siblings, Ruth Bovenmyer of Masonville, Lloyd (Lee) Stimson of Strongville, Ohio, Harry (Kim) Stimson of Independence, and Andy (Jan) Stimson of Waukegan, Ill.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, Roy Orval and Hazel May (Phillips) Stimson; husband, William "Bill"; grandson, Brent Sherman; daughters-in-law, Carmen Sherman and Amber Sherman; and brother-in-law, Leon Bovenmyer.
Dorothy was born Aug. 28, 1930, at home in Buchanan County near Troy Mills. She attended Troy Mills Country School, graduating in 1947. She married Bill Sherman and together they had five children.
Dorothy worked various jobs after the children were a little older, working for the special needs school while Gene attended there and cooking at the JET Restaurant in Alburnett.
Her greatest joy was playing the piano or organ for various venues: from 50 years of playing the organ at Alburnett United Methodist Church to playing the piano for the Alburnett School's many performances, from musicals to band and vocal contest pieces, and the Farm Bureau Choir. Her favorite things were getting to play duets with Jean Quaas and Karmen Gates for musicals and church services, and accompanying vocal small group and choirs at the school.
Dorothy also found great joy in creating quilts from whatever material she could find and donating them to various agencies.
Memorials may be directed to the Alburnett United Methodist Church in Dorothy's memory.
Please share a memory of Dorothy at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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