Dorothy Marie Stull

Dorothy Marie Stull, 89, Bourbon, passed away at 2:40 p.m. July 17, 2021, in Catherine Kasper Home, Donaldson.

Dorothy was born the daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Rejsek) Babka on April 28, 1932, in Chicago, Ill. At the end of her 4th grade year, her family moved to a farm in Tippecanoe. She attended school in Tippecanoe and graduated from Tippecanoe High School with the class of 1950. She met Galen Stull, from Tyner, during her high school years. When he returned from the Army, their relationship continued, and they were married Aug. 4, 1951. They built their own new home on Sunset Drive and moved in the spring of 1953. Galen preceded Dorothy in death on March 29, 2003. Dorothy worked as a cafeteria worker at Triton School Corporation from which she retired after 22 years.

Dorothy will be missed by her grandchildren: Jennifer Dennison of Monticello; Adam (Charity) Rausch of Zionsville; Justin (Karla) Rausch of Noblesville; Eric (Becky) Rausch of Franklin; her many great-grandchildren; her special friend, Doris Stiver of Warsaw; and her special neighbors: Mark and Jane Cottrill; and Larry and Aimee Ross.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Galen, her daughter Pam Rausch (2015) and son David Stull (1984).

In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorial contributions be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105).

A time of visitation will be held from 10 a.m.-noon Friday, July 23, at Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home (115 S. Main St. Bourbon, IN 46504). Her funeral service will be held at noon Friday, July 23, in Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home (115 S. Main St. Bourbon, IN 46504) with Bishop Mark Cottrill and special friend Larry Ross officiating. Burial will follow at New Oakhill Cemetery (S. Michigan St. Plymouth, IN) with “Catholic burial rites” by Father Soencer of St. Michael Catholic Church.