Dorothy Stevenson, Oakwood Memorial Park Ottawa IL

By February 14, 2015Obituaries

Dorothy J. (Beffel) Stevenson, 93, of Ottawa, died on Saturday, February 7, 2015 at OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Ottawa.

Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 at the Mueller Funeral Home in Ottawa, with Rev. Brian Manigold, nephew, officiating. Interment will be private in the Shrine of Rest Mausoleum at Oakwood Memorial Park.

Dorothy was born on June 18, 1921 in Ottawa to J. Ray and Ann (Hodgin) Beffel. She married Ted Stevenson on December 29, 1942, in Ottawa. Dorothy was a teacher in Ottawa for over 25 years. She enjoyed knitting, crocheting, and baking.

She is survived by one daughter, Janis Stevenson, of Scottsdale, AZ, 3 sons, Tom (Wanda) Stevenson, of Ransom, John (Marcia Varney) Stevenson, of Ottawa, and Ray (Sherry) Stevenson, of Ottawa, 9 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ted and a sister, Beverly Moore.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons.

Memorials may be directed to the family.

Dorothy is laid to rest in the Shrine of Rest Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Faith.