Dorothy Marie (Clark) Nolan

Dorothy Marie (Clark) Nolan of Ogden, IA passed away Friday, Oct. 25, 2013 at Westhaven Community of Boone, IA. She was born May 24, 1914 in Hitchcock, South Dakota to Frank and Fairy (Devilbiss) Clark.

She attended and graduated high school in Panora, IA. She married James (Jim) Nolan in  1935. They lived on the family farm and raised nine children there.

Her life was full activity with a large garden, canning, sewing quilts for everyone and enjoying nieces and nephews that would stay for visits on the farm. She also enjoyed fishing with her sisters. She was a very strong willed person.

Her husband died in 1960 and she later left the farm and moved to Panora. She also lived in Ogden, IA, the state of Missouri and then moved back to Ogden. Everyone that knew her and loved her will miss her deeply.

Dorothy is survived by six children, Charlotte (Nolan) Carr and husband Ron, Ramon (Ray) Nolan and wife Rita, Curtis Nolan, Nick Nolan and wife Teresa, Juanita (Nolan) Bullard and husband Lawrence, Susan (Nolan) Anthoney and husband Dave. Also thirty grandchildren and several great and great great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers, Leonard and Willard, six sisters, Edna, Veda, Wanda, Ruby, Hulda and Zelda. Three sons, Donavon Nolan, Jerome Nolan and Daniel Nolan. Two granddaughters, Cheryl and Michelle, daughters of Ron and Dixie Carr.

There will be a gravesite service at the Resurrection Cemetery in rural Guthrie Center, IA Wednesday, Oct. 30 at 1 p.m.