Dorothy Jean (Weitzell) Bell

DOROTHY JEAN (WEITZELL) BELL

Tulsa, Okla.

Dorothy Jean (Weitzell) Bell, 88, of Tulsa, Okla., died on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, at Grace Living Center.

Dorothy, the daughter of Elmer and Clara Mohrfield Weitzell, was born Feb. 7, 1931, in Tama, Iowa. She received several 4-H ribbons at the Iowa State Fair. She graduated from Tama in 1948. On June 15, 1951, she married Donald Bell, her childhood sweetheart, at the Sheridan Methodist Church.

She enjoyed painting, reading and interior decorating. She graduated from Rhema Bible College in Tulsa in 1991 with a degree in helps ministry. She later went on a missions trip to Guatemala. Five years ago, she moved from Mount Pleasant to Tulsa to be near her children.

Survivors include her brother, Bob Weitzell of Grinnell, Iowa; two daughters, Debbie (Dennis) Burkle of Lincoln, Neb., and Denise (Dick) Benson of Tulsa, Okla.; two sons, David Bell, and Darin (Monica) Bell, all of Jenks, Okla.; 10 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and sister, Wilma Schmidt.

Memorials are suggested to the donor's choice.

Online condolences may be shared at www.adamsswanson.com.

Memorial Services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019, at the Sheridan Methodist church in Sheridan, Iowa. Inurnment will follow at 4 p.m. in Oakland Mills Cemetery near Mount Pleasant.