Date of birth: 13 Dec 1908 Anna, Shelby County, Ohio
Date of death: 16 Dec 2004 Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana
Source: Franklin Daily Journal, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, December 17, 2004
EDINBURGH
Dorothy E. "Dottie" Compton
Dorothy E. "Dottie" Compton, 96, died Thursday,
Dec. 16, 2004, at Hickory Creek Nursing Home in Franklin. She
was a resident of Edinburgh.
She was born Dec. 13, 1908, in Anna, Ohio. Her parents were
Raymond P. and Clystia B. (Brown) Anspaugh. She married Roy
D. Compton on Jan. 26, 1939. He preceded her in death May 11,
1951. Survivors include a sister, Bebe Adele Dinwiddie of Houston,
Texas; and several nieces and nephews, including Clystia Barr of
Alabaster, Ala., Janet Compton of Waldron and Thomas Colford
of Edinburgh. She was preceded in death by a sister, Geraldine C.
"Jerry" Colford.
She formerly owned Compton Dairy in Edinburgh.
She was a member of Columbia Club in Indianapolis, former
member and president of Edinburgh Tri Kappa, former Republican
precinct committeewoman and former member of Tri Kappa Associates.
She was of the Lutheran faith.
The Rev. Mike Whited will conduct a service at 2 p.m. Saturday
at Rest Haven Cemetery in Edinburgh. Friends may call from 6 to
8 p.m. today at Eskew-Eaton Funeral Home, 302 E. Main Cross St.
in Edinburgh.
Submitted by Mark E. Wirey