Dorothy M. Fleming

Dorothy M. Fleming, 93, of Higginsville, died Wednesday, July 1, 2009, at Lafayette Regional Health Center.

Private services will be held in Ventura, Calif. Memorials are suggested to the American Lung Association. Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at Kaiser-Wiegers@ctcis.net.

She was born April 23, 1916, in El Paso, Texas, to Fred and Eleanor (Tracy) Draper.

She is survived by two sons, Sam Fowler of Marshall and Barry Fowler of San Diego, Calif.; two daughters, Elli Rush of Ventura and Evelyn Allen of Raleigh, N.C.; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence, in 1986.