Dorothy Augspurger

December 24, 2016

Dorothy Augspurger

Service Details

On December 24, 2016 God chose to call Dorothy Augspurger home. Visitation will be held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thursday, December 29, 2016 at Bloomfield United Methodist Church, 5930 Indianola Avenue. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the church. Dorothy will be laid to rest at Avon Cemetery.

Dorothy was born April 11, 1926 in Fairfield, Iowa to William and Ava Hartman. She grew up in Fairfield and graduated from high school in 1944. She was very active in band, playing the xylophone and she played the piano for many different occasions. Dorothy was a Worthy Advisor in the Rainbow Club where she received the Grand Cross of Colors. She then attended Parson’s College in Fairfield where she received her BA. She was selected to appear in the 1947-1948 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. She was a member of the sorority Elsevier where she met her future husband of 65 years, Felix Augspurger. They were married in 1951 and had three children.

Dorothy taught at Roosevelt and Logan grade school in Fairfield. In 1961, the family moved to Des Moines where she continued her teaching career at Maple Grove Elementary and Love Joy Elementary, retiring in 1987. After retirement she and Felix spent many months traveling the country and spending their winters in Texas. Dorothy was the hardest working and sweetest woman we’ve known. She was dedicated to her family and students. All who knew her couldn’t help but love and admire her. She will be missed!!!

Dorothy was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She is survived by her loving husband, Felix; daughters, Lorna (Gary) Jones, Joy Augspurger and Carol Augspurger-Smith; grandchildren, Shelly Griffith, Brian (Megan) Griffith, Todd (Jen) Smith, Aaron (Kim) Smith, Ashley (Justin) Nelson and Ryan Jones; eight great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Marge Hartman; and her beloved girlfriends from Fairfield.

She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Ava Hartman; daughter, Nancy Jean and her brother, Dick Hartman.

Memorial contributions may be directed to Taylor House Hospice.

Online condolences may be expressed at
www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com.

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