Dorthy Lee Ray, 72, of Nevada, Missouri — loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend — passed away Wednesday evening, June 15, 2022, at Nevada Regional Medical Center following an illness.
Dorthy was born June 15, 1950 in El Dorado Springs, Missouri, to Harry William Hendricks and Willie Jo Fox Hendricks. She was raised in Stockton, Missouri, by her grandparents Maude and Raymond Fox.
Dorthy moved with her sister, Shirley, to Oregon in 1967 and graduated from Finn Rock High School in 1968. She met and married Richard J. Stanfield in 1969. Of this union three children were born. They later divorced.
Survivors include three children: daughter Kandice Gerster and husband John of Nevada, Missouri, son Joseph Stanfield of Nevada, Missouri, and daughter Shelly Romesburg and husband Bennie of Pittsburg, Kansas. Dorthy had 11 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, eight nieces and nephews, and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Dorthy is survived by her dearest friend of over 50 years, Lisa Stark, of California, Missouri.
Preceding her in death was her husband Jimmy Ray, her parents Harry William Hendricks and Willie Jo Fox Hendricks, grandparents Maude and Raymond Fox and Elmer and Maggie Hendricks, two brothers, Bill and Jack Hendricks, and two sisters, Shirley Franklin and Connie Dill.
A celebration of Dorthy’s life will be held at a future date.
