Dorothy Fay (Cook) Marshall
October 21, 1922 — July 20, 2015
Dorothy Fay (Cook) Marshall, 92, of South Bloomfield was taken to her Heavenly Home by her Guardian Angel, July 20, 2015
She was born Oct. 21, 1922 in Ashville, daughter of Roland and Mabel Brown Cook. She started school in the newly constructed Ashville School in 1925. She spent all but her last two years of school there. She graduated in 1940 from Walnut Twp. School. Shortly after graduation she went to work at The Pickaway County News, a weekly newspaper of the Hinkles in Ashville. She married Clarence A. Marshall on May 11, 1945, five days after he returned home from being overseas for three years with the Army’s 37th Division in the Philippines and Fiji Islands. She started working at The Ashville Bank in 1972 when the newspaper stopped printing. She transferred to the Circleville Savings Bank in 1983 where she retired May 31, 1991 after wonderful memories.
Her husband passed away April 30, 1995 at the VA Hospital in Chillicothe after an extended illness. Also preceding her were her parents; brothers, Leslie and Lloyd Cook; Sister, Patsy Williams; daughter-in-law Georgia Marshall; sisters-in-law, Anne Cook, Velma Marshall and Dorothea Van Velzer; brothers-in-law, Maynard Marshall, Ronald Williams, George Sipe and Bill Van Velzer.
Survived by her sons, Terry of New Holland; Steven (Sandy) and Kevin (Kathy) of Circleville; Grandchildren, Tara (Steve) Harrington, Todd (Deidre) Marshall, Brittany Marshall, Kacey (Ethen) Kramer, Katie (Tim) Willoughby, Kristine (Philip) Williams; Great grandchildren, Courtney and Taylor Harrington, Leanna Marshall, Kolt Kramer, Devin and Cooper Willoughby; Great-great grandchild Sophia Wilson; Sisters, Barbara (Gene) Marshall and Carol (Tom) Ramsay; Sisters-in-law, Nancy Cook and Betty Sipe; many nieces and nephews; special friend Donna Timmons; special friends, Jim and Rhea Harber who brought her many angel figurines that brightened her days. Special thanks to the staffs of Pickaway Manor and Heartland Hospice. A loving mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend, Dorothy will be missed by all who knew her.
Funeral service will be held on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 3PM at Oliver-Cheek Funeral Home, Ashville. Burial will be at Harrison Township Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 1PM until time of service. Memorial Contributions are suggested to the Pickaway County Senior Center. Visit olivercheekfuneralhome.com to share online condolences.