Dorothy Schlisner, age 92, of Ramona, SD, died on Monday, March 26, 2012, at the Madison Community Hospital.

Dorothy M. Bell was born Mar. 15, 1920, in Oklahoma, to Claude and Mae (Hayden) Bell. She graduated from Boise High School and married Lyle Schlisner on July 16, 1938, at Boise. They lived in Boise for a few years before moving to a farm near Ramona, SD.  She was a homemaker and they loved to spend winters in Texas. She was a member of the Interlakes Seventh Day Adventist Church, Sandpipers Camping Club, and the SOS Community Club. She loved to sew, cook and read. She was a good caregiver.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: her parents, her husband in 2010, two brothers, Ivan and Robert; and one great grandson, Braxton Wermers.


SURVIVORS: include one son, Graydon (Cheryl) Schlisner of Ramona, SD and one daughter,  Sandra (Ken) Watson of Shelby Township, MI; 7 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; and 1 great great granddaughter.


The family will be present at the Ellsworth Funeral Home at 7:00 PM, Thursday evening.