Dorothy Jean Hamilton, 81

Dorothy Jean Hamilton, 81, of Marana, Ariz., formerly of Augusta, Indiana, passed away Wednesday, November 25, 2015, at her residence in Arizona.

She was born April 18, 1934, in Velpen, Indiana, to Hollis H. and Imogene (Sims) Carlisle. She married Billie R. “Bill” Hamilton on May 21, 1952, in Buckskin, Indiana.

Mrs. Hamilton was a retired school bus driver. She was a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Stendal and the Winslow Chapter #391 of the Order of the Eastern Star.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Billie R. “Bill” Hamilton, who died August 19, 2014.

She is survived by three daughters, Marilyn (Rick) Houser of Bellevue, Wash., Gail (Jim) Rabe of Tacoma, Wash., and Mary (Merle) Deal of Winfield, Kan.;  two sons, Steven Hamilton of Marana, Ariz. and William (Jennifer) Hamilton of Bonney Lake, Wash.; one brother, Clifford (Joann) Carlisle of Moriarty, N.M.; by eight grandchildren, five step-grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Graveside services for Dorothy Jean Hamilton will be held at 2:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, December 6, 2015, at the Augusta Cemetery in Augusta, Indiana. Pastor Ed Wicks will officiate at the committal service. The Winslow Chapter #391 of the Order of the Eastern Star will conduct memorial rites at the cemetery.

Nass & Son Funeral Home in Huntingburg has been entrusted with the burial arrangements. There will be no public visitation at the funeral home.

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