Dorothy E. (Kackley) Fishel

Born in St. Louis, Missouri on March 13, 1923
Departed on February 13, 2009. Resided in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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Dorothy E. (Kackley) Fishel, 85, of 323 Paula Lane NE died Friday Feb. 13, 2009 at St. Lukes Hospital after a long illness. Services at 1:00 PM on Wednesday at the Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories where there will also be military rites. Burial at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home from 5 to 8 PM on Tuesday. Per Dorothy’s request the casket will be closed at all times.
Survivors include her husband Eugene, three sons, Mike (Megan) of Portland, Oregon, Steven (Linda) of Cedar Rapids, Jeffrey (Wanda) of Cedar Falls and a daughter, Barb (Dave) O’Connell of Manchester, two twin sisters, Marilyn Marlow and Carolyn (Earl) Finke all of St. Louis. She is also survived by11 grandchildren, and 25 great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, a sister, two brothers, and two great grandchildren, Darian and Michael.
Dorothy was born in St. Louis, Mo, on March 13th, 1923. She was the daughter of Frank Clinton and Augusta C (Anderson) Kackley and was the second of six children. She attended school in St. Louis, MO and graduated from Southwest High in January 1941.
In February 1944 Dorothy joined the Navy and served at the Balboa Naval Hospital, in San Diego, California. She later transferred to the Dental Clinic at
Cuddihy Field, and Main airbases, both in Corpus Christi, Texas until her discharge in June, 1947.
In 1948 she lived in Chicago, IL and was employed as a secretary-proof
reader to create the indexes for the "Book House for Children".
Dorothy met Eugene H. Fishel in Chicago and they were married on June 23, 1949. They had two sons in Chicago when Eugene was attending Podiatry school.
In May 195l, Dorothy & Eugene moved to Manchester, Iowa and established a
house-office where they worked together in Eugene’s Podiatry practice. In Manchester, Dorothy & Eugene had two more children, a daughter and a son. They built a new house-office in 1967 and continued to work until selling the practice in October 1993 and moving to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established in Dorothy’s name. Military rites by American Legion Hanford Post No. 5.

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