Dorothea Alice Tunis Obituary (1929 - 2012)

Sunday, May 13, 2012, Dorothea Alice (Davis) Tunis passed away in her sleep at the foster home in Countryside Manor in Bridgman. Dorothea was born in 1929 November 2 in Carrier Mills, IL the 2nd of 3 children. She studied to be a nurse until her brother's accident, then she went to work for Sears, Roebuck, & Co. As a cashier, later becoming an office manager retiring from Berrien General Hospital due to heart problems. She will have a graveside service for the family and close family friends at 2 PM at the Spring Run Cemetery in Royalton Twp., Berrien Co. (known as Scottdale to locals of the Twin Cities). The service was set up and pre-arranged by Dorothea before her illness. Donations in her name can be made to Animal Aid of Southwestern Michigan in her name. Arrangements are being made through Hoven Funeral Home in Buchanan. She first came to Michigan with her parents and siblings after graduation in 1947. She married Robert in March 4, 1955 at the Clay Street Baptist Church in BH. For 17 years after leaving Indiana & Michigan Electric of 10 years of working for them she was asked to come back and train cashiers. She is survived by her only child, Rosetta (Dennis) Nybro; her only grandchildren Christopher Nybro & Lynda Nybro; 2 nieces, 2 nephews, and several great-nieces & nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Robert L. Tunis in 1998; brother James Davis in 1999; sister Wilma Benefield in 2001; niece Sharon Davis in 1996; and her parents Lawrence Davis in 1987 and Emma (Williams) Davis in 1983.