Dorotha Faye Bartman

Dorotha Faye Bartman

Dorotha Faye Bartman
March 13, 1915 – September 30, 2014
Marion, Iowa | Age 99

Dorotha Faye Bartman, 99, of Marion, and formerly of Fremont, died Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at Village Ridge Assisted Living in Marion, Iowa, from natural causes. She was born Saturday, March 13, 1915 to Henry and Fern (Jacobs) Knuth in Wapello County, near Ottumwa, Iowa.

Dorotha married Louie D. Miller on May 9, 1935. they farmed and raised three sons, Don, Max, and Glen. Louie died in 1961 and Dorotha moved to Ottumwa to attend Iowa Success Business College. She married Reiner Bartman in 1963 and moved to Lansing, Illinois, where she worked with her husband in his insurance office. In 1980 they moved back to Fremont, Iowa. Reiner died in 1987. In 1993 Dorotha married David Johnson. After his death in 2007 she lived in Fremont for a number of years prior to moving to Cedar Rapids to be closer to family.

Dorotha had many interests, including: gardening, crossword puzzles, playing cards, and making clown dolls. She also made and gave away 500 pocket crosses. She considered herself a housewife and seamstress.

Dorotha was a member of the Fremont United Methodist Church. Most of all, she lived her faith by loving others. She will be greatly missed.

Dorotha is survived by her sons: Max (& special friend Lorene) Miller, of Dallas, Texas, and Glen (& Linda) Miller, of Cedar Rapids; daughter-in-law, Barb Waterhouse, of Hiawatha; stepson,Wayne Bartman, of Kendallville, Indiana; step-daughter-in -law, Mary Lou McConnell, of Dyer, Indiana; brother-in-law, Bob Allen, of Ottumwa; six grandchildren; 6 great-grandsons; 5 great-granddaughters; 7 step-grandchildren; 11 step-great-grandchildren; and 1 great-great-granddaughter.

Dorotha was preceded in death by her parents; her three husbands; a son, Don Miller; two sisters: Luella Hutchings and Betty Allen; step-son, Gordon Bartman; daughter-in-law, Connie Miller; step-daughter-in-law, Marge (& Wayne) Bartman; grandson, Curt Miller; granddaughter, Shelly Miller; and two step-granddaughters, Kathy and Diane Bartman.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, October 4, 2014 at 10:30 A.M. at the Fremont United Methodist Church with Reverend Jim Dotson officiating.
Burial will be at the Memorial Lawn Cemetery.
Visitation will be Friday, October 3, 2014 in the Fremont Funeral Chapel beginning at 3 P.M. with the family present from 5 to 7 P.M.
Memorials may be directed to the Fremont United Methodist Church.