Aug. 20, 1921 — Nov. 28, 2008

Dorothy E. Shelton was born in Harrisburg to Ishmael Leon and Alice Morford and attended 12 years of Alsea schools. She lived in Monroe from 1945 to 1998 before coming to Corvallis. Dorothy worked for a doctor in Corvallis and then at Corvallis Laundry before working at a restaurant in Alsea. She married Donald M. Shelton on May 12, 1942, in Dallas, Texas. Dorothy loved to cook big meals for the family. Everything was homemade from her kitchen. She enjoyed canning and was an avid seamstress. In her earlier years she loved dancing and pinochle on Saturday nights. Dorothy was priceless and determined. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren adored her, and she cherished her time with them. She would instill values that made life easier for her family.

She is survived by three children: Lon Shelton and his wife, Susan, of Albany; Nancy Brittain and her husband, Robert, of Philomath; Thomas Shelton and his wife, Barbara, of Monroe; a sister, Mary Alice Sapp of Corvallis; four grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and seven step-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Donald M. Shelton, and siblings Donald D. Thomas, Harold Thomas and Stanley W. Thomas.

A funeral service will be at noon Wednesday. at McHenry Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Rest Lawn Cemetery in Junction City. Pastor Greg Klein will officiate.