Dorothy I. Salsbery

Age: 87 MarriedCity of Residence: Lebanon, IndianaDate of Death: Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at 4:30 p.m.Place of Death: At Hickory Creek at Lebanon, IndianaMrs. Dorothy I. Salsbery was born in Noblesville, Indiana, on March 8, 1926, a daughter of the late M. H. and Gertie Evelyn (Stephenson) Davis.Reared and educated in Sheridan, Indiana, Dorothy was the salutatorian of her 1944 graduating class at Sheridan High School. She attended Indiana Business College and received a degree in 1946.On January 5, 1946, in Sheridan, she married Omer B. Salsbery. Mr. Salsbery survives.Dorothy worked for the Indiana Box Company in Indianapolis for two years. She then was a homemaker, wife on the farm, and mother for ten years in Hamilton County. The family moved to a farm north of Advance in 1960 when Omer became an employee of the Frontier Coop in Boone County. Dorothy returned to work as a legal secretary for attorney Fremont Voris in Lebanon. She worked there for twenty-six years before retiring in 1986. Mrs. Salsbery remained active in her retirement as a volunteer for Witham Hospital for twenty-two years.Dorothy was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She, not only, enjoyed her family and friends, she also enjoyed traveling, golf, knitting, crocheting, and making latch-hook rugs.Memberships: Lebanon Christian Church Order of Eastern Star Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. at Myers Chapel of Memories, 1502 North Lebanon Street, in Lebanon, Indiana, with Rev. Harry Pitts, officiating.Visitation is planned for Friday, April 5, 2013, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the mortuary in Lebanon, Indiana.Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Tipton, Indiana.Survivors: Two Children: Yvonne M. Keffer and husband, Daryl – Jamestown, Indiana Dean A. Salsbery and wife, Linda – Winfield, AlabamaFour Grandchildren: Christina M. Ball and husband, John – Greenwood, Indiana Gregory L. Keffer – New York, New York Tammy Jones and husband, Greg – Seymour, Indiana Brian Eggeman and wife, Pam – Seymour, IndianaFour Great Grandchildren: Megan Ball Jacob Ball Heather Jones – Seymour, Indiana Kyle Jones – Seymour, IndianaSeveral Nieces and Nephews Deceased: In addition to her parents, Dorothy was preceded in death by a brother, Nathan Emery Davis, and three sisters, Annetta Alice Newby, Florence Elizabeth Durbin, and Rosalie Evelyn Kincaid.Memorials may be made to:American Heart Association6100 West 96th Street, Suite 200Indianapolis, Indiana 46278 – 6005