Dorothy Lucille Burgess, age 89, of Flora, Illinois, died on Thursday, September 3, 2015, at Salem Township Hospital in Salem. She had worked at the Shoe Factory and the Dry Cleaners.
Survivors include four daughters: Linda (Bill) McKinney of Xenia, Sandra (Bob) Slover of Xenia, Peggy (Charles) Skaj of Hamel, Marsha (Tom) Heiple of Iuka; one son: Rick (Kelly) Burgess of Iuka; 13 grandchildren: Kim (Kevin) Cantrell of Salem, Wendy (Mark) Ball of Centralia, Terri (Danny) Conklin of Iuka, Tonia Slover of Houston, TX, Heather (Shane) Kanitz of Xenia, Misty (Scott) Bradham of Xenia, Chad (Marsha) Henson of Cisne, Daisy Skaj Cross of Plano, Justin Heiple (Jaqi Ramquist) of Denver, CO, Karley and Zoey Heiple of Iuka, KaRissa Burgess of Iuka, Kelsey (Adam) Holzhausen of Iuka; 27 great-grandchildren and 17 great-great-grandchildren; one brother: John A. (Betty) Dulaney of Clay City; and two sisters: Margaret Perrine of Flora and Mary Frances Benson of Olney.
Funeral services for Dorothy Burgess will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, September 6, 2015, at Frank & Bright Funeral Home in Flora with burial in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery at Orchardville.
Visitation will be from 12 Noon until the time of service on Sunday at the Frank & Bright Funeral Home in Flora.
Memorial donations may be given for the benefit of Dorothy’s great-grandson, Trevyn Morton.