Dorothy E. Force
Dorothy E. “Dottie” Force, 86, Wabash, died at 2:23 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne.
She was born Aug. 10, 1930 in Defiance County, Ohio to Milton and Wilhelmina (Schroeder) Haase.
Dottie graduated from Sherwood-Delaware High School in Sherwood, Ohio in 1948. She married Wallace B. Force, Jr. in Angola Sept. 26, 1959; he died Oct. 19, 2006.
She was a homemaker, a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and a member and former officer in Church Women United, all of Wabash. She was a huge Ohio State football and New York Yankees baseball fan. She loved attending her grandkids sporting events.
She is survived by her four children: Bill (Deb) Daugherty of Bryan, Ohio; Jana (Mark) Melton of Huntington; Tami (Tim) Lane and Lisa Tyson, both of Wabash; nine grandchildren: David Daugherty of Defiance; Andrea (Greg) Sims of Bryan; Christina (Aaron Krugman) Melton of Louisville, Ky.; Wendy Lane of Middlebury; Jennifer Lane of LaFontaine; Gregory (Kamy) Lane of Noblesville; Megan (Craig) Sheely of LaFontaine; Dawn Webb of Wabash; and Jonathon (Meghan) Tyson of Winter Haven, Fla.; and 13 great grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, and one sister.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2 at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1500 S. Wabash Street, Wabash, with Dr. Kent Young officiating. Burial will be in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Ney, Ohio. Friends may call 4-7 p.m., Tuesday, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash.
Preferred memorial is Trinity Lutheran Church of Wabash.