Donna Dorothy Dunbar

Donna Dorothy Dunbar, 98, passed away Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at her home in Richmond, Kansas. Funeral services will be held at the Richmond United Methodist Church, 2:00 P.M. Friday, November 29, 2013. Family will meet with friends one hour prior to services. Interment Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Kansas. Dorothy was born on Friday, May 14, 1915 in Ottawa, Kansas. She was the daughter of Jesse and Lena (Armstrong) Linsdale. She spent her adult life living in Franklin County, Kansas. She graduated from Sapulpa High School, Sapulpa, Oklahoma with the class of 1933, where she was in the National High School Honor Society. She attended Sapulpa Jr. College for two years, University of Oklahoma for one year, and the University of Kansas one year. She graduated from the University of Kansas in 1939 with a bachelor’s degree in home economics and a lifetime teaching certificate. On July 1, 1944 Dorothy was united in marriage with Charles Albert Dunbar. Albert preceded her in death on March 9, 1997. Survivors include her five sons, Stephen Albert Dunbar and wife Veronica of Livonia, Michigan, Charles Dennis Dunbar and wife Jeanne of Bonner Springs, Kansas, Ronald Eugene Dunbar and wife Elaine of Princeton, Kansas, Philip Alan Dunbar and wife Anita of Wichita, Kansas, and Jon Michael Dunbar and wife Gail of Plainville, Kansas; ten grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Albert; parents; and two sisters, Leah Ruth Schaake, and Marjorie Jessie DeLozier; and brother, Jean Myron Linsdale, Dorothy worked in her first teaching position two years at Welda High School, Welda, Kansas, three years at Richmond High School, and ten years at Central Heights Elementary, retiring in 1976. She was a member of the Richmond United Methodist Church since 1941, president of United Methodist Women also serving many years on numerous boards, especially the committee responsible for the ‘new’ church building that was completed in 1962, and memorials chairperson for years. She was formerly a member of the Fortnightly Club, project leader for Berea Boosters 4-H Club, Richmond Jrs. Extension Homemaker Unit, and life member of the Richmond Community Museum. Dorothy traveled extensively, beginning as a teenager with her parents to California. After her marriage, she traveled to forty-seven states including; Canada, Mexico, Italy, and many destinations in Europe, including Dunbar, Scotland, where the family gathered twice for reunions. The family suggests memorial contributions to Richmond United Methodist Church or Richmond Community Museum c/o Dengel & Son Mortuary, 235 S. Hickory, Ottawa, Kansas 66067. An online Guest Book is available at www.dengelmortuary.com.