Dorothy Mae Lown

Dorothy Mae Lown
February 18, 1925 - December 11, 2011
Sigourney, formerly of Webster, Iowa
Visitation: 4-7 PM December 13, 2011 at Powell Funeral Home, North English, IA
Funeral Service: 10:00 AM December 14, 2011 at Powell Funeral Home, North English, Iowa
Interment: December 14, 2011 at White Pigeon Cemetery, rural Webster, IA
Dorothy Mae Lown, age 86, of Sigourney and formerly Webster, Iowa, died on Sunday, December 11, 2011, at Sigourney Care center in Sigourney. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:00 AM on Wednesday December 14, 2011, at the Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in North English. Rev. Frances Baumert will officiate. Visitation will be at the funeral home on Tuesday from 4-7 PM. Burial will be in the White Pigeon Cemetery, rural Webster. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com under obituaries. A memorial fund has been established for the North Keokuk County Fire Department or the Webster United Methodist Church. Dorothy Mae Lown was born on February 18, 1925, in Sigourney, Iowa, a daughter of Add and Helen Vittetoe Stephenson. She grew up in the Webster and Sigourney communities, graduating from Sigourney High School in 1943. On June 21, 1945 she married Arville Oral Lown at the Christian Church Parsonage in Sigourney. She became a resident of the Sigourney Care Center in October of 2010. Dorothy was a member of the Webster United Methodist Church, the UMW, and the Webster Women's Club. She loved being with her family and spending time with her grandchildren. Dorothy enjoyed playing cards, cooking and especially making sugar cookies and noodles. Dorothy is survived by two sons: John (Brenda) Lown of Webster and Larry (Linda) Lown of Pender, Nebraska; and her daughter Carol (Charlie) Trier of South English. Also surviving are seven grandchildren: Kedra (Derek) Jackson, Jeremi (Samantha) Lown, Matthew (Danyl) Lown Stephanie Lown, Brandon Trier (fiancé Amanda Morovits), Allissa Trier and Amber Lown; five great grandchildren: Riley & Logan Jackson, Keyden & Kailor Lown and Cooper Trier; and a sister Ruth Wright of Sigourney and a brother-in-law Ivo Berg of Sigourney. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and sisters Catherine Northup and Agnes Berg.