Dorothy Corinne Peace's Obituary
Dorothy Corinne Peace, 93, of Marshall went to be with her Heavenly Father on Thursday August 29, 2013 at The Living Center. Funeral services will be held in Denver Colorado at Caldwell-Kirk Mortuary at a later date. More information can be found at http://www.caldwellkirk.com/.
Dorothy Corinne Peace was born August 27, 1920 in Marshall, MO. Her father Clayton Williams married Cora Giles Williams and to that union twelve children were born. Dorothy was the youngest of the twelve. Her siblings, brothers; Horace, Henry, William, Wallace and Everett; sisters; Lily, Viola, Edith, Gladys, Alice and Juanita.
Dorothy gave birth to three children born to the union with her first husband, Robert E. Henderson, Sr. Children born to that union, Robert Jr., Marie and Wallace.
She worked as a clerk in drug stores in Denver. She loved the contact she had with people who became lifelong friends.
She attended ( name of the church) in Denver where she served as a Mother until she moved to Marshall Missouri, due to her failing health. There she resided with her daughter and son-in-law and later lived in an Assisted Living Faculty.
In her spare time she liked to work cross-word puzzles, quilt, and sew, knit, crochet and . She loved her grandchildren, Pearl Marie Mixon, Jacqueline Henderson, Carla Benham, Jo Leanne Benham, Jennifer Moten and Robert C. Henderson. Great-grandchildren, Christopher, Cedric, Miles, Aaron, Aidan, Gloria and two great-great granddaughters, Bryn’nae and Skye.
She was preceded in death by her parents, 11 siblings, her two sons, her husband Robert Peace, and one grandson Robert E. Henderson, Jr. She Aaron, Aidan, Gloria, by her daughter , 6 grandchildren , great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.
Dorothy Corinne Peace departed this life on August 29, 2013, leaving her legacy of love for family.
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