Dorothy May Schill
Dorothy May Schill, 74, 1904 Cypress
Lane, retired Bell telephone operator and USD 373 food service, died
Saturday (April 10, 1999) at her residence in Newton.
She was born Nov. 1, 1924, in Newton to
Reed E. and Mary M. (Coble) Weesner. She married John J. Schill April
25, 1947, in Newton. He survives of Newton.
She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic
Church in Newton, Altar Society and Daughters of Isabella, both of
the church, Newton Public Golf Course and Ladies Newton Golf. She was
a 1943 graduate of Newton High School.
She had a large doll collection and
enjoyed sewing, crocheting, embroidering quilts, flower gardening,
walking, working on jigsaw puzzles, using coupons for discounts and
sweets.
Other survivors include: two sons,
Danny Schill of Spring Hill and Patrick Schill of Hesston; four
daughters, Susan Dorr, Judy Kerr and Mary Schill, all of Wichita and
Yvonne Davis of Newton; two sisters, Arlene Baxter of ElSegundo,
Calif., and Beverly Wildoner of Federal Way, Wash.; nine
grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; and
three-great-grandchildren.
Rosary service will be at 7 p.m.
Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Funeral services will be at 10
a.m. Wednesday also at the church with Rev. Ken Schuckman
officiating. Burial will be in the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.
Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today
and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home.
Memorials have been established with
St. Mary's Catholic Church Debit Fund or Central Homecare and Hospice
in care of the funeral home.
1924 - 1999 (74 years)