Service:
Burial will be at a later date in Oak Ridge
Cemetery.
Funeral home: Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral
Home
Obituary
Dorothy M. Taylor Ade, 101 of
Lincoln passed away October 3, 2020 at her home.
Cremation rites have been accorded by Holland Barry
& Bennett Funeral Home. Burial will be at a later
date in Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Dorothy was born November 22, 1918 in Kingston, the
daughter of Fred and Harriet ( Tower) Taylor. She
married William Taylor in 1939. He preceded her in
death in 1976. She later married Willard Ade. He
preceded her in death.
Dorothy was a born educator. She was always
teaching. She received her teaching certificate from
NIU in 1938 and her bachelors in teaching from
Illinois State. She worked on her Masters at Western
Illinois University. She began teaching in a one
room school house, then taught at Pleasant Plains
and Springfield. |
She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, the Retired
Teachers Association and the Lincoln Woman’s Club. She enjoyed reading and bird
watching.
Survivors include her children Mary Jean (John) Taylor De Rosier and Katherine
L. Taylor Miller; step children Barbara ( Frederick) Baker, Gail ( Ed) Kviz, and
James
( Marianne) Ade; grandchildren: Matthew William ( Pam) De Rosier, John Thomas (
Nina) De Rosier, Irwin Todd ( Katherine) Miller, and Nathan Lee ( Krista)
Miller; and numerous great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, and brother Leroy Taylor.
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