HATHAWAY, Dorothy

Source: Attica Star Tribune January 15, 1985

Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 14, at the Wolfe Funeral Home in Rossville, Ill., for Dorothy M. Hathaway, 80 of Williamsport. She died at 4:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Danville.

The Rev. Robert Huxtable officiated. Burial was in Spring Hill Cemetery in Danville.

A resident of Rossville until she moved to Williamsport 13 years ago, she was a nurse’s aide at Danville’s tuberculosis sanitarium for many years and also worked as a private nurse’s aide. She enjoyed quilting.

Born March 23, 1904, in Homer, Ill., she was a daughter of Morris and Julia Kreis Strong.

Survivors include two daughters, Alice Wilson, Williamsport, and Mrs. William (Barbara) Sullivan of Glen Ellyn, Ill.; nine grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Donald Strong and Ralph Strong of Centralia, Wash.

She was preceded in death by a sister, three brothers and one grandchild. The family has requested that memorials be in the form of contributions to the cancer fund or to a charity of the donor’s choice. - S