Dorothy Markwardt

Dorothy Markwardt, 80, of Bynum passed away Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 17, 2014, at Salem Lutheran Church in Malone with Pastor James Heiser officiating. Burial will follow at Salem Lutheran Cemetery in Malone. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday, January 16, 2014, at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro.

Dorothy was born August 17, 1933 in Brandon to Edmond and Martha (Lander) Schronk. She was baptized on October 24, 1933 at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Malone and confirmed on August 23, 1964 at Mt. Zion Lutheran Church in Hillsboro. On November 3, 1951, she married Alton Markwardt. She was a homemaker and an artist who loved to oil paint. She was a member of Salem Lutheran Church in Malone.

Preceding her in death were her parents; husband, Alton Markwardt; and a son, Donald Markwardt.

Survivors include her children, Alan Markwardt and wife, Phillis, of Hillsboro and Lori Youngblood of Bynum; daughter-in-law, Carol Markwardt of Hubbard; grandchildren, Scott Markwardt and wife, Randi, Sandy Cox and husband, Michael, Elizabeth Wetzel and husband, Steven, Maria Torressen, Michelle Allen and husband, Greg, Sammy Pitts and wife, Hannah, Jeremy Pitts and wife, Lara, Tiffany Wood, Robert Jones and wife, Keri, Luis Chavez; great-grandchildren, Ashley Cox, Kelcey Markwardt, Grant Pitts, Turner Allen, Jackson Allen, Aydon Allen, Brailey Wood, Ryan Wood, Addison Jones, and Asher Jones; and extended family, Pastor James Heiser and wife, Denise, whom she considered her children, John Heiser, Ana Heiser, Clint Crawshaw, Sarah Crawshaw, Bobby Landrum and family, and Angela Martin and family.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Salem Lutheran Church, 718 HCR 3424 E, Malone, TX 76660.

Visitation

6:00 - 8:00 P.M. ,Thursday, January 16, 2014
Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors in Hillsboro
2495 Corsicana Highway Hillsboro, TX 76645

Funeral Service

10:00 A.M. ,Friday, January 17, 2014
Salem Lutheran Church
718 HCR 3424 E Malone, TX 76660

Burial

Friday, January 17, 2014
Salem Lutheran Cemetery
HCR 3442 Malone, TX 76660