Dortha Louise (Bracy) Satterlee died on October 31, 1981 in Charlotte, Michigan. Funeral services were held Nov 3rd at Pray Funeral Home. She was survived by five of her six children; Reatha Ilene Zentmyer (Richard), Donna Belle Smith (Kenneth), Marilee Frazier, Gerald “Sam” Satterlee (Sue), Dennis “Denny” Satterlee (Sharon); and many grandchildren. She was predeceased by her parents, Leon Elwood Bracy and Ree Ellis (Love) Bracy, her husband, Orren James Satterlee, and one son, Zane Alton Satterlee.
I met Dortha, “grandma Satterlee,” in about 1972. She was an interesting person, somewhat stern in nature, and she clearly loved her son, Zane (my father-in-law). Dortha had six children in all, and was a housewife. She was raised on a farm in Carmel Township, near Charlotte, Michigan. She and her husband, Orren, lived mostly in the city of Charlotte where he worked as a farm laborer, and later as a laborer for the W.P.A. In 1925 they may have lived in Lansing, Michigan, where Orren worked for the Olds division of the General Motors factory. In 1940 they lived on Sumpter St. in Charlotte, Michigan. From at least 1953 to 1965 they lived on Lansing Street, Charlotte, MI. Dortha’s husband died in 1965 and she died over 16 years later in 1981; she never remarried. They are both buried at West Carmel Cemetery, Eaton Co., MI.
Sources: 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940 US Census Reports, Michigan County Marriage Records, Michigan Deaths, and US Social Security Applications, all available at ancestry.com; and Newspapers.com: Page 7 of Lansing State Journal dated 23 Sep 1920, and page 15 of Lansing State Journal dated 2 Nov 1981.
Bio by Mary Leppla FG member # 48339058
I met Dortha, “grandma Satterlee,” in about 1972. She was an interesting person, somewhat stern in nature, and she clearly loved her son, Zane (my father-in-law). Dortha had six children in all, and was a housewife. She was raised on a farm in Carmel Township, near Charlotte, Michigan. She and her husband, Orren, lived mostly in the city of Charlotte where he worked as a farm laborer, and later as a laborer for the W.P.A. In 1925 they may have lived in Lansing, Michigan, where Orren worked for the Olds division of the General Motors factory. In 1940 they lived on Sumpter St. in Charlotte, Michigan. From at least 1953 to 1965 they lived on Lansing Street, Charlotte, MI. Dortha’s husband died in 1965 and she died over 16 years later in 1981; she never remarried. They are both buried at West Carmel Cemetery, Eaton Co., MI.
Sources: 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940 US Census Reports, Michigan County Marriage Records, Michigan Deaths, and US Social Security Applications, all available at ancestry.com; and Newspapers.com: Page 7 of Lansing State Journal dated 23 Sep 1920, and page 15 of Lansing State Journal dated 2 Nov 1981.
Bio by Mary Leppla FG member # 48339058
Dortha Louise (Bracy) Satterlee died on October 31, 1981 in Charlotte, Michigan. Funeral services were held Nov 3rd at Pray Funeral Home. She was survived by five of her six children; Reatha Ilene Zentmyer (Richard), Donna Belle Smith (Kenneth), Marilee Frazier, Gerald “Sam” Satterlee (Sue), Dennis “Denny” Satterlee (Sharon); and many grandchildren. She was predeceased by her parents, Leon Elwood Bracy and Ree Ellis (Love) Bracy, her husband, Orren James Satterlee, and one son, Zane Alton Satterlee.
I met Dortha, “grandma Satterlee,” in about 1972. She was an interesting person, somewhat stern in nature, and she clearly loved her son, Zane (my father-in-law). Dortha had six children in all, and was a housewife. She was raised on a farm in Carmel Township, near Charlotte, Michigan. She and her husband, Orren, lived mostly in the city of Charlotte where he worked as a farm laborer, and later as a laborer for the W.P.A. In 1925 they may have lived in Lansing, Michigan, where Orren worked for the Olds division of the General Motors factory. In 1940 they lived on Sumpter St. in Charlotte, Michigan. From at least 1953 to 1965 they lived on Lansing Street, Charlotte, MI. Dortha’s husband died in 1965 and she died over 16 years later in 1981; she never remarried. They are both buried at West Carmel Cemetery, Eaton Co., MI.
Sources: 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940 US Census Reports, Michigan County Marriage Records, Michigan Deaths, and US Social Security Applications, all available at ancestry.com; and Newspapers.com: Page 7 of Lansing State Journal dated 23 Sep 1920, and page 15 of Lansing State Journal dated 2 Nov 1981.
Bio by Mary Leppla FG member # 48339058
I met Dortha, “grandma Satterlee,” in about 1972. She was an interesting person, somewhat stern in nature, and she clearly loved her son, Zane (my father-in-law). Dortha had six children in all, and was a housewife. She was raised on a farm in Carmel Township, near Charlotte, Michigan. She and her husband, Orren, lived mostly in the city of Charlotte where he worked as a farm laborer, and later as a laborer for the W.P.A. In 1925 they may have lived in Lansing, Michigan, where Orren worked for the Olds division of the General Motors factory. In 1940 they lived on Sumpter St. in Charlotte, Michigan. From at least 1953 to 1965 they lived on Lansing Street, Charlotte, MI. Dortha’s husband died in 1965 and she died over 16 years later in 1981; she never remarried. They are both buried at West Carmel Cemetery, Eaton Co., MI.
Sources: 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940 US Census Reports, Michigan County Marriage Records, Michigan Deaths, and US Social Security Applications, all available at ancestry.com; and Newspapers.com: Page 7 of Lansing State Journal dated 23 Sep 1920, and page 15 of Lansing State Journal dated 2 Nov 1981.
Bio by Mary Leppla FG member # 48339058
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