Dorothy Strawderman

Dorothy J. Strawderman of Lawrence, formerly of Emporia died on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Lawrence. She was 89.

Dorothy was born on December 11, 1936, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of Carl D. and Birdie Opal Westerfield Cook. She married Jack G. Strawderman on August 31, 1956, in Miami, Oklahoma. He died on June 9, 2002, in Omaha, Nebraska.

Surviving family members include her daughters, Carolyn S. William of Loveland, Colorado, and Jacky L. Tidwell of Lawrence; grandchildren, Robert D. Williams, Kurtis J. Wenger, Nicki Flanagan, Kayla Bowers and Kristie Bowers-McCaslin; fourteen great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her husband, parents, daughters Tressa C. Finley, and Joy Ann Morgan, grandson Jeffrey A. Morgan, sister Carleen Birdie Cook and her brother Jack Eugene Cook.

Dorothy was a beautician and owned and operated Touch of Class in Lawrence. She enjoyed cooking, making candy and playing golf and bridge.

The Celebration of Life will be at 10:00 a.m., Friday, December 11, 2026, at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions to New Horizon Foundation (Soar Project Girls) can be sent in care of Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, Kansas 66801.