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Dorothy V. Macgillivray
August 7, 1921 — August 28, 2009
Dorothy V. Macgillivray
North Lima, OH-August 28, 2009-Dorothy V. MacGillivray, 88, of 11880 South Ave. died at 7:13 a.m. Friday at home.
Mrs. MacGillivray was born August 7, 1921 in Youngstown, a daughter of Fredrik and Ruth Dunn Sheldon.
Dorothy was a homemaker and had served in the US Navy during WWII.
She was a member of the Benjamin Firestone Post #290, American Legion.
She is survived by her husband, George Edward MacGillivray, Jr., whom she married October 5, 1949; two daughters, Phyllis (Keith) Shoemaker of Laconia, NH and Ruth (Tom) MacGillivray Jahrig of Boardman; two sons, George (Maggie) MacGillivray, III of East Palestine and Robert MacGillivray of North Lima; a sister, Lucille Tarr of Akron; two brothers; John (Lucy) Sheldon of Boardman and William Sheldon of Sebring; 12 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
Dorothy was preceded in death by four sisters, Mildred Weichman, Ruth Bechner, Edna Snyder and Eunice Sheldon and a brother, Howard Sheldon.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday at the Warrick-Kummer-Rettig Funeral Home, Columbiana with the Reverend Melinda Q. Lacefield officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Olivet Cemetery where the Benjamin Firestone Post #290, American Legion will accord military honors. Friends may call from 5-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Material tributes may take the form of a donation to the Amvets.
