Elaine (Dishman) Root

Doris "Elaine" (Dishman) Root was born in Statesville, North Carolina to the parents of Willie Mansfield Dishman and Christine Miller Dishman, on June 24th, 1958, she passed away on January 13th, 2024. Elaine was the youngest of seven children, six girls, and one boy. Sisters Vivian Dishman Curry, Shirley Dishman Bass, Carolyn Dishman Caswell, Peggy Dishman Osborne, Nancy Dishman Davis, and brother Bobby G. Dishman.

After the death of her father, she and her siblings, along with their mother moved to Texas, with her uncle Richard Miller and his wife Altha Miller. When Elaine was less than two, she and her siblings would be placed in the Methodist Children’s Home in Waco, Texas. By the time she was two, she and her brother were then placed in foster care in Teague, Texas with a loving family Larry and Marvel Cook, where she would spend the next few years with them. Until she would be brought back to the Methodist Children’s Home in Waco, Texas. After a few years she would be placed in another foster home in Children’s Home to live at the same dorm with her sister Nancy. At the age of 15, she and her brother, Bobby would then be sent to live with foster parents Larry and Marvel Cook in Des Moines, Iowa, where at the age of eighteen she would finish High School and become engaged and married to Richard Richards, and they would have two children, Richard B. Richards and Jason B. Richards. After eight years they would divorce and she would then marry Danny Culwell. They would have two boys, James O. Culwell and Mathew R. Culwell. Elaine and Danny would eventually divorce. After the divorce she moved back to Des Moines, Iowa. Where she was married to Jerry Root until her death. Elaine also adopted a dog, named Willie who was her loving companion and the two were inseparable.

Celebration of Life will be held at 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 23, 2024, at Hamilton's Funeral Home, 605 Lyon Street, Des Moines.

Condolences may be expressed at: www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com

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