9/15/1925 – 9/30/2024
Lawrence
Dorothy H. Miltner, age 99 of Lawrence, Kansas passed away on Monday, September 30, 2024. Dorothy was born September 15, 1925 to Myron L. Dicker and Cecil M. Dicker (Pine) in Lawrence, Kansas. Dorothy graduated from Lawrence Memorial High School in 1943. On August 23, 1947 she married Hugh F. Miltner.
Dorothy is survived by her children, Mark (Rose), Margaret Lause (Michael), and Myron (Dorothy); six grandchildren; four great grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; and her sister Marian Braden (Virgil).
Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her son Blaine, two sisters Margaret Cheek and Betty Miller, a brother Robert, and an infant granddaughter Julie Lause.
Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. on Monday October 7, 2024 at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Graveside services will follow immediately at Memorial Park Cemetery.
The family requests in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or Centenary United Methodist Church, 245 N 4th St, Lawrence, KS 66044. Rumsey-yost.com
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