Dorothea P. Calhoun
July 17, 1932 ~ June 15, 2016 (age 83) 83 Years OldShare using:
Dorothea Remley Calhoun, 83, formerly of Dodge Center, passed away peacefully on June 15, 2016 at the Ostrander Care and Rehab Center.
Dorothea P. Wilke was born July 17, 1932 in Burlington, IA to Theodore and Laura (Sheets) Wilke. When she was 5 years old, her mother died of Scarlet Fever. Dorothea and her 5 siblings were put into orphanages and foster homes when their father was not able to care for them. She grew up between the Burlington, Bloomfield and Ottumwa areas in Iowa.
In 1949, she moved to Plainfield, Iowa where she worked as a nanny and lived over the drug store. It was at this drugstore she met Harold Remley. They were married May 21, 1950. They lived in the Plainfield and Clarksville, IA area until 1958, when they relocated; with their 2 daughters, to Stacyville, IA. In 1967 they moved to Taopi, MN and then to Ostrander, MN in 1971.
Harold and Dorothea later divorced and she moved to Grand Meadow. IN 1977, she married Donald Calhoun and lived in Spring Valley where she was active in the V.F.W. Ladies Auxiliary. Her husband Don died in 1987.
Dorothea and her ex-husband, Harold, rekindled their friendship and became roommates. They traveled together to many places, including a trip to Alaska. She lived north of Dodge Center until September 17, 2014 when she entered the Ostrander Care and Rehab Center.
She is survived by her daughters; Roberta (Jim) Heckerson of Spring Valley and Rosemary (Ed) Hoefs of Hayfield, MN, step-daughters; Debbie (Scott) Vreeman and Rhonda Schild of Rochester, MN; 3 grandchildren, 5 step-grandchildren, 7 great grandchildren, 6 step-great grandchildren, and a sister; Delores Two-Bears of Geneseo, IL, She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Don, special friend Harold, a granddaughter, 2 step-great-grandsons, and 4 brothers; Jack, Robert, William and James.
Services will be held 2:00 P.M. Monday June 20, 2016 at the Hindt Funeral Home in Grand Meadow with Pastor Barb Streed officiating. Burial will follow in the Grand Meadow Cemetery. Visitation will be held 4-7 P.M. Sunday June 19, 2016 at the Hindt Funeral Home in Grand Meadow and will continue for 1hr prior to the service on Monday.
Condolences may be left at www.Hindtfuneralhomes.com