In Memory Of
Dorothy Northrop
Dorothy Northrop
City and State of residence: Casper, Wyoming
Name of deceased: Dorothy Marie "Gunter" Northrop
Age of deceased: 88
Place of service: Newcomer Family Funeral Home in Casper, Wyoming
Date of service: Thursday, 12-07-2006
Time of service: 02:00 PM
Officiating: Chaplain Marvin Skogen from Shepherd of the Valley
Name of cemetery: Wyoming Memorial Gardens
Date of death: 11-30-2006
Place of death: Shepherd of the Valley Care Center,
Date of birth: 03-16-1918
Place of birth: Kemmerer, Wyoming
Parents name: Frank Gunter and Marie Halec
Life History:
Born March 16, 1918 in Kemmerer, Wyoming to Frank Gunter and Marie Halec Gunter. She attended school in Kemmerer.
Dorothy moved to Rock River, Wyoming in 1936 to work as a waitress. She met and married Kenneth Wilbur Northrop on August 30, 1936 in Ft Collins, Colorado.
They moved to McFadden and lived there while her husband worked for the Ohio Oil Company. They moved to Oregon Basin, Wyoming in 1942, then to Rangely, Colorado, Dueschne, Utah and Edgerton, Wyoming. In 1952 they moved to Casper, Wyoming.
Mrs. Northrop was a homemaker and also helped her husband in his business – Northrop Welding, as a bookkeeper and secretary until they retired in 1985. They traveled all through the United States, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii and the Bahamas.
Mrs. Northrop moved to Meadow Winds Assisted Living in March 1999 after a fall in her home. She moved to Shepherd of the Valley Nursing Home in May 2005.
Dorothy is survived by her children, Susan Hannon and husband Pete of Cody, Wyoming; Jerry Northrop and wife Debbie of Casper, Wyoming; three grandsons, two granddaughters, three great granddaughters, and one great grandson, sister-in-law Marta Gunter of Kemmerer, Wyoming and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Kenneth Northrop; three brothers – Ralph, Rudy and Adolph Gunter, one sister Amelia Cordiner, Mother-in-law Martha Darrah Northrop, daughters Donna L. Northrop, and RaeAnn Northrop Cox.
Memorials: Shepherd of the Valley, 60 Magnolia, Casper, Wyoming 82604
Newcomer Family Funeral Home will be in charge of the arrangements.
Contact person: Diane McKee at (307) 234-0234
Name of deceased: Dorothy Marie "Gunter" Northrop
Age of deceased: 88
Place of service: Newcomer Family Funeral Home in Casper, Wyoming
Date of service: Thursday, 12-07-2006
Time of service: 02:00 PM
Officiating: Chaplain Marvin Skogen from Shepherd of the Valley
Name of cemetery: Wyoming Memorial Gardens
Date of death: 11-30-2006
Place of death: Shepherd of the Valley Care Center,
Date of birth: 03-16-1918
Place of birth: Kemmerer, Wyoming
Parents name: Frank Gunter and Marie Halec
Life History:
Born March 16, 1918 in Kemmerer, Wyoming to Frank Gunter and Marie Halec Gunter. She attended school in Kemmerer.
Dorothy moved to Rock River, Wyoming in 1936 to work as a waitress. She met and married Kenneth Wilbur Northrop on August 30, 1936 in Ft Collins, Colorado.
They moved to McFadden and lived there while her husband worked for the Ohio Oil Company. They moved to Oregon Basin, Wyoming in 1942, then to Rangely, Colorado, Dueschne, Utah and Edgerton, Wyoming. In 1952 they moved to Casper, Wyoming.
Mrs. Northrop was a homemaker and also helped her husband in his business – Northrop Welding, as a bookkeeper and secretary until they retired in 1985. They traveled all through the United States, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii and the Bahamas.
Mrs. Northrop moved to Meadow Winds Assisted Living in March 1999 after a fall in her home. She moved to Shepherd of the Valley Nursing Home in May 2005.
Dorothy is survived by her children, Susan Hannon and husband Pete of Cody, Wyoming; Jerry Northrop and wife Debbie of Casper, Wyoming; three grandsons, two granddaughters, three great granddaughters, and one great grandson, sister-in-law Marta Gunter of Kemmerer, Wyoming and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Kenneth Northrop; three brothers – Ralph, Rudy and Adolph Gunter, one sister Amelia Cordiner, Mother-in-law Martha Darrah Northrop, daughters Donna L. Northrop, and RaeAnn Northrop Cox.
Memorials: Shepherd of the Valley, 60 Magnolia, Casper, Wyoming 82604
Newcomer Family Funeral Home will be in charge of the arrangements.
Contact person: Diane McKee at (307) 234-0234
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