- Date Of Birth: February 16, 1943
- Date Of Death: January 17, 2012
- State: Michigan
HERSHBERGER, Dorothy M. “Dottie”, of Portage. Dottie passed away unexpectedly Tuesday evening, January 17, 2012 at Bronson Methodist Hospital. She was born February 16, 1943 in Fredericksburg, OH, to the late Joe and Emma Slabaugh Swartzentruber.
On December 16, 1961, Dottie was united in marriage to Maynard Hershberger. She worked as an R.N. at both Borgess and Bronson Hospitals in Kalamazoo and retired from Lakeview Community Hospital in Paw Paw in 2006 after working there for over 15 years. She was a very loving and giving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend to many and will be greatly missed.
Surviving are her husband of 50 years, Maynard Hershberger; two sons, Stewart Catherine of Portage and Spencer Trina of Millbury, OH; seven grandchildren Stacie, Tyler, Matthew, Amanda, Haleigh, Kindsay, Haylin; one brother, Walter Swartzentruber; four sisters, Donna Roy Miller of Apple Creek, OH, Ruth Earl Nussbaum of Fredericksburg, OH, Norma Chris Kirchner of Dalton, OH, and Betty Gary Cooper of East Greenville, OH; and numerous nieces and nephews. Preceding her in death were a son, Scott Hershberger in 2005; one sister, Kathy King; and one great-grandson, Caleb.
