Dorothy Burkhart

DOROTHY BURKHART

Independence

Dorothy Brooks Burkhart of Independence, Iowa, and Naples, Fla., died Wednesday morning, Sept. 2, 2015, at Prairie Hills Assisted Living in Independence.

She was born April 5, 1916, in Waverly, Iowa, the

daughter of Floyd Proctor Brooks and Helen Terry Brooks. She attended Waterloo West and Jesup high schools and the University of Iowa.

She was an active longtime member of First Presbyterian Church in Independence and an affiliate member of First Presbyterian Church of Naples.

She volunteered as a church school teacher, superintendent and chairwoman of Christian Education, a Brownie and Cub Scout leader, a mental health nursery school teacher in Naples and a Hospice of Naples worker. Hospice of Buchanan County began with a dream of Dorothy's, who lost her daughter, Lynn, to breast cancer. Hospice of Buchanan County was later established in 1982.

She is survived by her son, Brooks Burkhart and his wife, Hildegard; five grandchildren, Brooke Deines, Katie Deines, Brooks C. (Jennifer) Burkhart, Dr. Lauren (Scott) Dwinell and Tracy Hyder; and seven great-grandchildren, Charles Hyder, Geoffrey Hyder, Benjamin Dwinell, Lily Dwinell, Christian Burkhart, Maya Burkhart and Aidynn Burkhart.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at First Presbyterian Church in Independence, with the Rev. John Hougen officiating. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence. Friends may call for visitation from 5 until 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 7, at White Funeral Home in Independence, where a PEO service begins at 6:30 p.m.

Online condolences may be left at www.White-MtHope.com.