Delores "Dee" (Doty) Dean

Delores “Dee” Rae (Strunk) (Doty) Dean, daughter of the late Raymond and Dorothy (Diltz) Strunk, was born September 16, 1933, in Norwood, Missouri, and departed this life May 18, 2020, at home in Mountain Grove, Missouri, surrounded by her family. She was 86 years, 8 months, and 2 days of age.

Dee was raised on a farm south of Norwood and graduated from Norwood High School. She married Gene Walter Doty on December 10, 1951. Four children were born to this union. They had been married for 57 years when Walter passed away February 13, 2009.

Dee was a homemaker, while Walter ran the family farm. She loved to cook and would fix meals for their hired farm hands or for anyone that happened to stop by for a visit. Family was important to her and she loved her kids, grandkids, great-grandkids, and great-great-grandchild.

Dee was saved and baptized as a young child and was a member of Friendship Baptist Church.

Dee enjoyed traveling and site-seeing. She especially loved going to the mountains. She enjoyed nature and wildlife. She liked watching the birds, squirrels, and rabbits.
Besides her parents and her husband, Dee was preceded in death by three brothers, Raymond Dale, John, and Russell Strunk, sister, Sue Hefner, and an infant sister, two sons-in-law, Terry Short and Kyle Smith.

She is survived by her children, Diana Short, Gary Doty and his wife, Cozy, Janet Peterson, and Brenda Smith all of Mountain Grove, 16 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-grandchild, and other relatives and friends who will miss her very much.