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Visitation:
9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Saturday, April 22, 2023, at
St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Atlanta
Rosary prayer service at
8:30 a.m. Saturday at the church
Service:
10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church
Funeral home:
Quiram Peasley Funeral Home,
Atlanta
Obituary
Dorothy M. Westerfield, 89, of
McLean, passed away at her home on Sunday, April 16,
2023.
Services for Mrs. Westerfield will be held on
Saturday, April 22, 2023, at St. Mary’s Catholic
Church in Atlanta. A Rosary prayer service will
begin at 8:30 a.m. to be followed by a visitation
from 9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. A Mass of Christian
Burial will begin at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Joseph
Dondanville officiating. Burial will follow at the
McLean Cemetery.
Dorothy Marie Donovan was born December 18, 1933, in
Lanesville, Illinois, the daughter of Michael and
Marie Brannan Donovan. She was united in marriage to
Harold K. Westerfield on April 14, 1956. He preceded
her in death September 30, 2015.
Dorothy is survived by their children: Kathleen
(Jeffrey) Hainline, Sharon Alberts, David (Rhonda)
Westerfield, Steven (Michelle) Westerfield, Alice
Kay (Brad) Lasswell, and Thomas (Becky) Westerfield;
18 grandchildren, many great-grandchildren; and one
sister, Sister Mary Kathryn Donovan, O.P. |
She was preceded in death by one son,
John Westerfield; one granddaughter, Sarah Alberts;
and one brother, Robert Donovan.
Dorothy was a 1952 graduate of Sacred
Heart Academy in Springfield. She worked for the
State of Illinois until her marriage, after which
she and her husband moved to McLean. Dorothy was
employed as a librarian by the Olympia school
district for 17 years. She was a member of the
American Legion Auxiliary, St. Mary’s Altar and
Rosary Society, and had volunteered at the McLean
Grade School and Mt. Hope-Funks Grove Township
Library.
Memorials may be made to Mt. Hope-Funks Grove
Township Library, Mt. Hope-Funks Grove Fire/Rescue
or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home of Atlanta.
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