Provines, Dorothy Fern

1920 - 2017  (97 years)

• Name	Provines, Dorothy Fern
  Birth	17 Mar 1920	Richland County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	PROV.D001
  _FGRAVE	183017697
  Funeral	Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [1]
  Death	3 Sep 2017	Carle Richland Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  	Dorothy Fern Provines, 97, of Olney, passed away on Sunday, September 3, 2017, at Carle Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney.
  Burial	Shiloh Cemetery #1, Richland County, Illinois   [2]
  		Headstone, Provines, Dorothy Fern and Marshall E.
  Person ID	I18141	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Provines, Forrest Maywood,   b. 8 Aug 1898, Richland County, Illinois d. 14 Jan 1992, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Berry, Blanche Alice,   b. 1 Feb 1900, Richland County, Illinois d. 26 Feb 1967, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	Y  [3]
  Family ID	F8099	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Mar 1920 - Richland County, Illinois Funeral - - Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Death - 3 Sep 2017 - Carle Richland Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois Burial - - Shiloh Cemetery #1, Richland County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Dorothy Fern Provines, 97, of Olney, passed away on Sunday, September 3, 2017, at Carle Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney. Dorothy was born on March 17, 1920 in Richland Co., IL, the daughter of Forrest Maywood and Blanche Alice (Berry) Provines. Dorothy earned her bachelor and master’s degrees from Eastern Illinois University. She began her career at Calhoun High School where she was teacher, principal, and boys basketball coach. She also taught at Noble High School, Casey High School, and finally Lawrenceville High School where she taught Business Education for 22 years. For three years of her career, she also served as the Assistant Superintendent of Schools in Richland County. She was a member of Illinois Education, East Lawrence Education Association, Eastern Illinois Business Education Association, and the Delta Pi Epsilon – Beta Psi Chapter out of Eastern Illinois University. Dorothy’s hobbies consisted of working with flowers, playing piano, collecting recipes, shopping, being a basketball enthusiast and “just going places”. She was a close friend of Walt Elmore and she was a faithful member of Eureka Church of Christ. Dorothy is survived by several cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents, and brother, Marshall Provines. Memorials can be made to Eureka Church of Christ. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. in the Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home, with visitation one hour preceding the service. Burial will be in Shiloh #1 Cemetery south of Claremont. Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home Olney, IL September 5, 2017 NOTE: Photo used with permission of the funeral home

  
  

• Sources

  [S4551] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Provines, Dorothy Fern, 97, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183017697/dorothy-fern-provines), none. (Reliability: 2). [S4549] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Provines, Dorothy Fern and Marshall E., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58007249/marshall-e.-provines), none. (Reliability: 2). [S4550] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Provines, Blanche A. and Forrest M., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32383970/forrest-maywood-provines), none. (Reliability: 2).