Etherington, Dorothy

Dorothy Etherington, 91, of Iowa City, died Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at Windmill Manor Care Center in Coralville. Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 29, at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Iowa City. Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service. 

Dorothy Dalton Etherington was born Jan. 14, 1919, in Fremont County, Iowa, the daughter of William and Bernice (Evernyham) Dalton. She graduated from Glenwood High School, Glenwood, Iowa. On Oct. 14, 1940, she was united in marriage to Earl “Alfred” Etherington in Rockport, Mo. Dorothy and Alfred moved to Iowa City in 1957. Here she had home day care from 1959 until 1990.

Her family includes her daughter, Betty (Bob) Boyd of Lake Sherwood, Mo.; her son, Lee Etherington of Coralville; grandchildren: Patti and Shane Moen, and their children, Chloe and Carter; Amanda Boyd; Stacey Boyd, and her children, Samantha, Chase and Madison; Chris and Tammy Boyd, and their children, Ashley, Megan and Bridget; Brandi Stevenson and Kari Thien; and brothers, Herschel Dalton of Georgia and Harold (Yvonne) Dalton of Hamburg, Iowa.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brothers, Clarence, Ralph and Morris; and her sister, Katherine.

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