- Date Of Birth: July 29, 1927
- Date Of Death: February 1, 2020
- State: Michigan
Dorothy May LaPorte, age 92, of Cassopolis, died peacefully Saturday evening, February 1, 2020.
She was born July 29, 1927 in Cass County, Michigan to Ira and Ellen Edmunds. She married Ward Wesley LaPorte March 13, 1948 in Dowagiac, Michigan. After sixty-four years of marriage, he preceded her in death April 9, 2012.
Dorothy was proud of having started as a bookkeeper at the age of sixteen at The Fair store. When she married she became a farm wife with all the many chores and duties that it entailed as well as being the bookkeeper for the farm and family business. If you were at her home at dinnertime you were offered a place at the table. She loved horseback riding, gardening, and mowing the yard. Dorothy adored her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Her family says she was a “Great Grandma” in more ways than one. Dorothy was a truly nice person.
Dorothy will be greatly missed by family and friends. She is survived by two daughters, Carrie (Todd) Butler of Paw Paw, Mary (Tim) Brown of Cassopolis; one son, Douglas LaPorte of Cassopolis; six grandchildren, Nicole (Travis) Hepler of Buchanan, Elizabeth (Clint) LaPorte-Wernlund of Dowagiac, Katie (Will) Hammond of Dowagiac, Joseph LaPorte of Louisville, Kentucky, Shannon Brown of Cassopolis, Kristen (Zach) Kieffer of Cassopolis; seven great grandchildren, Madison (Anthony Potter) Stout, Mason Hepler, Mila Hepler, Claire Hammond, Evan Hammond, Ella Hammond, Samantha Kieffer; one brother, Leonard Edmunds of Cassopolis; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; an infant son; her son, Bruce LaPorte on June 22, 2010; one sister, Elizabeth “Betty” Phillips.
