Dorothy "Dottie" Tewell Obituary (1922 - 2018)

Dorothy "Dottie" Tewell, 95 of Gibson City formerly of Bloomington passed away at 1:47 PM on Monday May 14, 2018 at Heritage Health in Gibson City. There will be a funeral service for Dottie on Monday May 21, 2018 at 11 AM at The Apostolic Christian Church of Bloomington - Normal in Normal. Church ministers will officiate. There will be a visitation from 9 to 10:30 AM that morning at the church. Interment will be at 2:30 PM Monday at Memorial Park Cemetery in Pontiac. Calvert & Metzler Memorial Home in Bloomington is handling arrangements. Dottie was born October 11, 1922 in Fairbury to Andrew F. Lehmann Sr and Edna V. Sutter. She married Robert Tewell on October 19, 1946 in Fairbury. He preceded her in death on August 6, 1995. She was also preceded in death by her parents, her mothers Bena Leman and Verna Hoerr, her brother Andrew Lehmann Jr., and sister W. Jean Orth and one grandson Matthew S. Lane. Dottie is survived by her three children, Deborah (Raymond) Lane of Golconda, Mary (Harry) Johnson of Dwight and Richard (Glenn Addenn) Tewell of Champaign, five grandchildren, BJ Johnson, Tony (Andrea) Lane, Kristina (Brian) Felker, Lee Tewell and Marcus (Aron) Tewell, six great-greandchildren, Raele and Hayden Lane, Carson Lane, Brooke and Blake Johnson and Natalie Ann Tewell as well as one sister in law Evelyn Lehmann of San Marcos, California. She was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church of Bloomington - Normal and was an avid golfer and bowler. She loved her grandkids and great grandkids and Richards Doberman Pinschers. Dottie worked many years as a bookkeeper. Memorial contributions may be made to Shriners Crippled Children's Hospital, Chestnut Health Systems, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and Jessamine Withers Home Foundation.