Dorotha O. Wanamaker Obituary

The world bids farewell to Dorotha O. Wanamaker in Channahon, Illinois, departing on February 19, 2026 at the age of 91. Dorotha leaves behind memories cherished by the community. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

As we bid Dorotha farewell, let us not mourn the absence of her physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of her spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Dorotha is not truly gone, but merely transformed, her energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Richard Scholes and Willie Wanamaker; her daughter Dorothea Wanamaker; her siblings, Gladys Durham, Iva Curtis and Ron Scholes; and her close friend Charleyn Daley.

She is survived by: her children, Lee Wanamaker and Lynn Bryant (John); and her grandchildren, Emily and Glenn Tooley.