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Dorothy K. Dishong

Dorothy Katherine Dishong, 79, of Fort Wayne, IN, and having family members in Roanoke, died Saturday, July 11, 2009, at 12:30 p.m. at her residence.

Mrs. Dishong attended Fort Wayne Baptist Church and was a homemaker.

She was born Aug. 11, 1929, in Michigan to Levi Herman and Gladys Elizabeth Spade Hill. She married Earl E. Dishong on Jan. 31, 1948 in Bluffton. Her husband preceded her in death on March 3, 1976.

Surviving are five daughters, Donna (John) Hofrichter, of Roanoke, and Emma Rorick, Pat (Mark) Chalk, Violet Deaton and Joyce (Don) Schaab, all of Fort Wayne; two sisters, Mary Pratt, of Decatur, and Bertha Smith, of Bluffton; 13 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at 2 p.m. in the Zwick and Jahn Funeral Home, 520 N. Second St., Decatur, with Rev. Wungreiso Valui officiating. Interment will follow in the Decatur Cemetery, 1824 W. Monroe St.