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| Dorothy Fyfe |
| June 08, 1930 - June 08, 2010 |
Grinnell, Iowa
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| Memorial Service: 10:30 a.m., Monday June 14, 2010 at Carman Center of the Mayflower Community |
Dorothy was born on June 8, 1930, in Talas, Turkey to Paul and Harriet Blanchard Nilson, who were missionaries of the United Church of Christ.
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In 1951, she graduated from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois with a degree in Latin. She was married to James Fyfe in Talas, Turkey on June 23, 1952. The couple moved to Chicago in 1954 and James entered the seminary. The family moved to Winneconne, WI in 1958 and Dorothy worked in many different capacities supporting her husband’s ministry in a Presbyterian Church. The family moved back to Turkey in 1962 and she taught in a private school in Iskenderun, Turkey. The family returned to the United States in 1966 and they lived in Auburn and Montrose, Iowa. Dorothy was a mother to four sons and continued to support her husband’s ministry in the Presbyterian Church. In 1981, Dorothy completed her Master’s degree in Audiology from the University of Iowa. She worked as an Audiologist in New Mexico and Keokuk before joining the McFarland Clinic in Ames in 1988. Dorothy was a volunteer for the Ames Public Library and the Worldly Goods Store. She was also engaged in a writer’s club in Ames. She retired in 1997 and the couple moved to the Mayflower Community in Grinnell in 2006. While living in Grinnell, she was an active member of the Mayflower Poetry Club and the Iowa Poetry Association.
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She is survived by her husband; James Fyfe of Grinnell; four sons, John Fyfe of Tinley Park, IL, Paul Fyfe of Albuquerque, NM, Tim Fyfe of Clear Lake, IA and Stephen Fyfe of Pella, IA; 13 grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren; one brother, Paul Nilson; and two sisters, May Inscoe and Sylvia Meyer.
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Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents and she died on her 80th birthday.
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Memorials may be directed to the Mayflower Human Needs Fund.
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