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Dorothy R. Milota
Dorothy R. Milota
April 27, 1924 - July 29, 2009
Maquoketa, and formerly of Oxford Junction

Visitation: Saturday 1:00 p.m. until service time August 01, 2009 at Lahey Funeral Home, Oxford Junction
Funeral Service: 2:00 p.m. Saturday August 01, 2009 at Lahey Funeral Home, Oxford Junction
Interment: Saturday, August 01, 2009 at Mayflower Cemetery, Oxford Junction, Iowa

Dorothy Rae Blythe was born April 27, 1924 in Clarence, Iowa, daughter of Ray and Irma (Wilkins) Blythe. She attended country school and graduated from Oxford Junction High School in 1942. She married Gilbert Milota on May 29, 1942, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. He died in May of 2002. She was a homemaker. Dorothy loved quilting, sewing, gardening and flowers and working at the Oxford Junction Library.

She is survived by her children, Ronald (Kathy) Milota of Marion, Gilbert "Butch" (Agnes) Milota, Jr. of Maquoketa, and Patricia (Al) Heinrich of Savanna, IL; 7 granddaughters, 9 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Eleanor (George) Leslie of Oxford Mills. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, a grandson, and three brothers, Donald, Dave and Dallas Blythe.

Dorothy R. Milota, 85, of Maquoketa, and formerly of Oxford Junction, died Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at Maquoketa Care Center in Maquoketa, following a lengthy illness.

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