Dorothy May Robertson
1907 - 2002 (95 years)
Generation: 1
1. Dorothy May Robertson was born on 13 Jun 1907 in Des Moines County, Iowa; died on 19 Oct 2002 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa; was buried in Burlington Memorial Park, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. Other Events:
- Occupation: nurse
Notes:
Swanson
Sheffield – Dorothy May Swanson, 95, of Sheffield, died Saturday (October 19, 2002) at the Sheffield Care Center.
An inurnment service will be held later this week at Memorial Park Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa. Hogan Bremer Moor Colonial Chapel, 126 Third Street N.E., Mason City, is in charge of local arrangements.
The family asks that memorial contributions be directed to Hospice of North Iowa or the Sheffield Care Center.
Dorothy was born January 13, 1907, in Des Moines County, Iowa, a daughter of John Plake and Lena Mable (Baird) Robertson. She graduated from high school and then from the Burlington Protestant Hospital School for Nurses in 1932.
Dorothy was united in marriage to Robert Andrew Swanson o September 11, 1937. She worked as a nurse for nearly 40 years, retiring in 1972. After her retirement, Dorothy moved to San Jose, Calif., until failing health required her to move to the Sheffield Care Center to be near family. She was a loving daughter, wife, mother and grandmother who will be missed dearly by her entire family.
Dorothy is survived by four children: Robert Jon Swanson and his wife, Gail, of Aurora, Colo., Nancy Karen Huffman and her husband, Robert, of Mount Pleasant, Gayle Winfrey of Sheffield, and Donald Thomas Swanson of Scappose, Ore.; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; one brother, Clayton Robertson, of McAllen, Texas; and two sisters, Betty Caparoon of Muscatine, and Barbara Howe of Manteca, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; two brothers, Donald and James Robertson; and four sisters, Marjorie Brown, Hilma Gardner, Gertrude Fish and Marian Smith.
Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel, (641)423-2372.
Globe-Gazette, Mason City, Iowa. Sunday, 29 October 2002.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113664861/dorothy-r_-swanson
Rest Haven, Lot 199, Space 2Dorothy married Robert Andrew Swanson on 11 Sep 1937 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. Robert was born on 2 Oct 1904 in Riverton, Fremont County, Iowa; died on 26 Apr 1967 in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa; was buried in Burlington Memorial Park, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]