Nov.
8, 2009SOUTH BEND - Dorothy Pauline Reynolds (nee Yoder), who died Sunday at 99, was born near Ligonier, Indiana, the daughter of Harley Yoder and Mary Yoder (nee Renner). Following the death of her mother in 1919, Dorothy was raised by Vernon and Addah Kauffman and adopted by Mr. Kauffman and his second wife, Verda Plank. Dorothy graduated from Topeka High School, Topeka, Indiana, in 1928 and from Memorial Hospital School of Nursing (formerly Epworth) in South Bend, Indiana, in 1932. Dorothy married Kenneth Clayton Reynolds in 1935. She was employed 1932-1975 by Memorial Hospital and Health Systems of South Bend, Indiana, where she served the majority of her adult life as nursing supervisor for their Postpartum Obstetrics Department and as nursing instructor for Memorial Hospital's School of Nursing. The Reynolds family were members of Southlawn United Methodist Church of South Bend. Following the death of her husband Kenneth in 1980, Dorothy married Leroy Newton, who died in 1987. In 1990 Dorothy moved to Friendship Village, Chesterfield, Missouri, where she lived until her death on November 8th. Dorothy was preceded in death by her two husbands; her parents; her foster parents; her step-mother, Delilah Yoder; her brothers, Elmo, Chicago, Illinois, Virgil, Kenosha, Wisconsin, Paul, Chicago, Illinois, Glenn, Myron and Loyal, who died early in life. Dorothy is survived by her son and his wife, James A. and Jeanne Reynolds of Town and County, Missouri; her grandchildren, Mark and Renee Reynolds, Manhattan, NY, Sue and Todd Wright, Cleveland, OH, Dan and Laura Reynolds, Bentonville, AK, Kara and Michael Graham, Cincinnati, OH, Ashley Marx, Chicago, IL, and Erin Marx, Overland Park, KS; 11 great-grandchildren; one nephew and five nieces. Service: Saturday, 3:00 p.m. Friendship Village, 15201 Olive Blvd., Chesterfield, MO. 63017. Gifts: In Memory of Dorothy Reynolds, St. Luke's Family Centered Maternity Care, 232 S. Woods Mill Road, Chesterfield, MO. 63017. Interment: Oak Grove Chapel.