Submitted by: Dan Rich

Dorothy M. Chamberlin

Jan. 19, 1910 - Oct. 22, 2000

South Bend Tribune 10/24/2000

Dorothy M. Chamberlin, 90, died at 2:05 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 22, in the Cardinal Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of South Bend, Ind. She was born on Jan. 19, 1910, in Sheldon, N.D., to John and Rose (Cooney) Mougey. She graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1931, and St. John's Hospital School of Nursing in Fargo, N.D., in 1938. She then moved to Mishawaka in 1940 and continued her nursing career as an instructor at St. Joseph Hospital, Mishawaka, Ind.

She married Louis E. Chamberlin on Aug. 23, 1941, in Mishawaka. She was preceded in death by her husband Louis in 1959; and by a stepson, Louis Frederick Chamberlin in 1993.

In 1949 she joined the South Bend Public School System, completed her degree in public health, and retired in 1975 from John Adams High School after 25 years of service as the school nurse. She was a member of the American Association of University Women, Howard Park Senior Citizens, Adams Retired Teachers Association, and St. Anthony dePadua's Rosary Society and Harvest House.

She is survived by two sons Louis and (Lynn) Chamberlin of Mishawaka and Michael Chamberlin of South Bend; and by 17 grandchildren and 15 great- grandchildren.

There will be no visitation. A memorial Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 25, in St. Bavo Catholic Church. McGann Funeral Homes are handling the arrangements. Memorial donations may be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, P.O. Box 2010, Grand Rapids, MN 55745-2010.