Dorothy Elizabeth Stevenson, 75, Born in Amherst

She was born on September 20, 1929 in Amherst where she was raised. She had been a resident of Westlake since the 1950s.

She was a former member of Grace Baptist Church in Westlake. Dorothy was a homemaker who enjoyed vegetable and flower gardening, crocheting, and needle point.

Survivors include her sons Chester C. Stevenson of Oregon, Richard A. Stevenson of Westlake; her daughters Sandra Kure of Clinton, Ohio, Judy McMillan of Lawrenceville, Georgia, and Sharon Foote of Lakewood; four grandchildren; her brothers Raymond Frederick of Uniontown, Ohio and Edward Frederick of Santa Maria, California; and sister Jennie Whittemore of Plymouth, Massachusetts.

She was preceded in death by her husband of twenty-one years Chester Carl Stevenson on July 15, 1971; by her son James Stevenson on January 18, 1995; by her parents George and Verna Frederick (nee: Rodgers); by her brothers Walter and Melvin Frederick; and by her sisters Ethel Warner, Marie Burk, and Kathleen Mead.

Friends may call Thursday from 7 - 9 p.m. at the Hempel Funeral Home; 373 Cleveland Ave., Amherst. Funeral services will be held Friday, August 5, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. from the funeral home. The Rev. Thomas K. Fryman, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Massillon, Ohio, will officiate. Burial will be in Crownhill Cemetery, Amherst, Ohio.

Arrangements are being handled by the Hempel Funeral Home; 373 Cleveland Ave., Amherst, OH 44001.