- Date Of Death: October 15, 2011
- State: Michigan
Dorothy “Dottie” MacNeal Burton, 72 of Vandalia, died Saturday, October 15, 2011, in Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, Mishawaka. She was born to Arthur Buster Dungey and Georgia (Moorhead) Benitezs in South Haven, Michigan on August 20, 1939. Dottie was raised from infancy by her paternal grandparents, Arthur and Lola Dungey of Cassopolis.She married Ralph MacNeal, Sr. He survives in Denver, Colorado.
She later married John “Jim” Burton. He preceded her in death in December, 2005. She was also preceded in death by one daughter, Renee Lynn MacNeal in 1974 and one son Ralph MacNeal, Jr. in 1989.Dorothy was a teacher’s aide for the Cassopolis Public Schools.She is survived by her two daughters, Sheryl (Harland) Haines of Vandalia, and Eula MacNeal of Kalamazoo; one son, Randolph (Diana) MacNeal of Elkhart; seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren; an aunt, Pauline Claybrook of Indianapolis, Indiana; a cousin, Frank Williams, Jr. of Cassopolis; and a host of nieces and nephews.
