Obit of Rathbone, Dorothy - Texas County, Oklahoma

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Dorothy Rathbone

DALHART - Dorothy Rathbone, 93, died Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004.

Vigil services will be at 6 p.m. today in St. Anthony's Catholic 
Church. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the 
church with the Rev. Robert Busch, pastor, officiating. Burial will 
be in Memorial Park Cemetery by Horizon Funeral Home.

Mrs. Rathbone and her twin brother, Donald Moore, were born July 24, 
1911, in Gainesville to Cyrus and Annie (Lewis) Moore. They moved to 
Texhoma, Okla., that year and in 1920 they moved to Dalhart to farm 
south of town. Dorothy graduated from Dalhart High School in 1930 and 
recently attended her 74th high school reunion. She married Edward 
Theiner in 1930 and made her home in Dalhart where their daughter, 
Donna, was born before moving to Hooker, Okla, where they lived until 
Edward died. Dorothy returned to Dalhart to care for her father, who 
died in 1963. She later married Lloyd Rathbone. Dorothy was an active 
member of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church and Legion of Mary.

She loved being a homemaker and people everywhere would come to 
"Dot's Kitchen" for the most incredible fried chicken and homemade 
pies, made especially for them.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands, Edward 
Theiner and Lloyd Rathbone; a granddaughter, Julie Stefanek; four 
sisters; and two brothers.

Survivors include a daughter, Donna Stefanek and husband, Dan, of 
Denver; three grandsons, Jay Stefanek and wife, Becky, of Birmingham, 
Ala., Jeff and his fiance, Rebecca Jarboe, of Denver and Jeremy 
Stefanek and his new bride, Jenny, of Memphis, Tenn.; and five 
brothers, Donald Moore of Albuquerque, N.M., Sydney Moore of Dallas, 
David Moore of Salt Lake City, Billy Moore of Dalhart and Joe 
Allender of Santa Fe, N.M.

Amarillo Globe-News, Oct. 29, 2004
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