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Spencer - Dorothy


Source: Waveland Independent August 15, 1930

Dorothy, eldest daughter of Frank Spencer and Ellen Johnson Spencer, was born near Judson, Indiana on Sept. 7, 1899; passed on into the beautiful Elysian Fields of which we mortals dream on Aug. 8, 1930. From earliest childhood her sunshiny disposition, her desire to be a service to others about her, as well as her remarkable musical abilities and her willingness to share her talent for the pleasure of others made her a favorite of all who knew her. To know Dorothy was to love her. The many expressions of love and sympathy as well as the host of beautiful floral offerings were but a few of the symbols of her many friendships. After graduation from the Greene Township public schools Dorothy attended the Rockville High School and later attended the Waveland High School from which she was graduated in 1917. She attended the Indiana State Teachers College at Terre Haute from which she received a Bachelors Degree in Public School Music. She then went to East Chicago, Indiana as supervisor of music in the elementary grades and later took up the music work in the high school. During her period of teaching in East Chicago she also won a Masters Degree from the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. On May 30, 1924 she was married to Llewellyn Williams Jr., of East Chicago, Indiana. Besides the husband there remains to sorrow for her separation from us the father, mother, one sister, Elizabeth and two brothers, Raymond and Robert, as well as a host of other relatives and friends. Mrs. Williams was a member of the Christian (Disciples) Church having joined that body in 1913 while attending the Rockville High School and under the pastorate of Rev. Wm. T. Barbee. The funeral services were held at the home of her father, Frank Spencer, on Sunday morning, Aug. 10, the Rev. E.E. Moorman of Indianapolis, officiating. Two songs "Lead Kindly Light' and "Abide With Me' were sung by Paul McMains of New York City. Interment was in the Mount Moriah Cemetery. The pall-bearers were Messrs. Hoyt and Dwight Spencer, Winfred McCutchan, Wane Miller, K. Link and Allen R. Lewis. Those who carried the flowers were Misses Helen McClain, Helen Jack, Lois Irelan, Carmen Ewbank, Mary McCutchan, Marjorie McCutchan, Gladys Spencer, Margaret Spencer, Mesdames Roy Buser, Dwight Spencer, Hoyt Spencer, Winfred McCutchan and Mrs. Miriam Hoover. Those attending the funeral from a distance were Mr. And Mrs. Frank Williams, Mr. And Mrs. David Williams, Mrs. Llewellyn Williams, Sr., Allen T. Lewis, K. Link, Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. Buse, Joseph Dunsing, all of East Chicago; Miss Ann Brazzill of Calumet City, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. Arvid Hagberg of Pullman, Ill., Mrs. George W. Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. W.N. McCutchan and E.N. Canine, all of Terre Haute; Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Spencer of Coatsville, Paul McMains of New York City, Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Spencer, Miss Gladys Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. McPharson and son, James, and Miss Ness, all of Chicago; and Mrs. B.L. Phillips of Cincinnati.
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