REPOST OF MISSING FEBRUARY 2001 POSTS

Nowata Star
126 E. Cherokee St.
Nowata, OK 74048
February 7, 2001
Permission for archiving obituaries given by Phillip Reid, Publisher

Funeral services for Dorotha L. Alford Cline, 85, of Nowata, who died Tuesday, January 30, 2001 at Jane Phillips Nowata Health Center, were held Friday, February 2 at Childers Full Gospel Church with Sister Shirley Randall officiating. Interment followed at Martin Cemetery in the Twin Bridges Community under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Service of Nowata.

Dorotha was born at Sedan, Kansas on September 17, 1915 the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Alford. She grew up at Sedan and received her education there. Dorotha moved to Nowata 50 years ago and had worked at McLellans and Nowata Middle School. She and Clyde Bernard "Toad" Cline were married on January 4, 1953 at Huntsville, Alabama. After retirement, she was a volunteer for the Senior Citizens Center and Meals on Wheels. Mrs. Cline was a member of the Childers Full Gospel Church and VFW Auxiliary. She lived to sew and garden.

Survivors include three daughters: Johnie Lynn Richardson of Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Janice Sue Lay of Pryor and Terry Lee Shipley of Childers; two brothers: Clarence Alford and Charles Alford, both of Sedan, Kansas; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, "Toad" Cline on September 4, 1984.

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