- Date Of Birth: November 22, 1921
- Date Of Death: May 18, 2014
- State: Michigan
Dorothy I. Schuder, age 92 years of Niles, Michigan died at 5:53 p.m. on Sunday, May 18, 2014 at Lakeland Community Hospital in Niles following a brief illness.
She was born on November 22, 1921 in White Cloud, Michigan to Emery N. and Marguerite L. (Petersen) Murry. She attended Vandalia (Michigan) High School, and graduated from high school in Chicago, Illinois. She then graduated with the last class of Epworth Hospital in South Bend, Indiana (prior to becoming Memorial Hospital in 1945) and was licensed as a Registered Nurse. She was employed in several clinics in South Bend, and then served with Orhan Kilic, M.D. for twenty-three years.
Dorothy was a member of the First Church of God in Niles, and had formerly attended the Grace Brethren Church in South Bend. She also participated in the Bible Study at the Four Flags Plaza. She enjoyed reading – usually mysteries – and crafts, especially ceramics.
On June 24, 1950 in Centreville, Michigan she married Evard D. Schuder with whom she celebrated the forty-seventh anniversary of their wedding prior to his death on April 28, 1998. She was also preceded in death by her parents, and by two brothers, Emery Murry and Joseph Murry.
Surviving family includes her sisters, Sharon (& Richard) Dircks of Niles, Marguerite Thomas of Reynolds Station, Kentucky, and Doris (& Edward) Kramer of Shidler, Oklahoma; a sister-in-law, Maureen (Mrs. Emery) Murry of Portage, Michigan; and many nieces and nephews.
