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Dorothy Burns Bomar

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia

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Dorothy Burns Bomar

Dorothy Burns Bomar, a resident of the Colonnades in Charlottesville since 1991, died peacefully at home on Sunday, June 21, 2009.

Prior to living in Charlottesville, Dorothy had lived in Glendale, California, for almost 50 years. She was born in Venus, Texas, on February 14, 1912, and grew up in Sherman, Texas.

She received a degree in music from Kidd Key College in 1931 and a Bachelors Degree in elementary education from Austin College, in 1933, in Sherman Texas. Married to Ted R. Bomar in Sherman in 1932, she and Ted had two children born in Sherman, Thomas R. Bomar in 1937 and Jane Ellen Bomar Damstra in 1939.

Dorothy became an area director of the Camp Fire Girls in the Los Angeles area of California after her children were of high school age and retired from that position prior to moving to Charlottesville.

Dorothy was active in community wherever she was. In Charlottesville, she was active with the Senior Center, The League of Women Voters, the American Association of University Women, and other groups at the Colonnades and in the community.

Her husband, Ted Bomar, also died in Charlottesville in 1999. He had retired from the Los Angeles Times where he was a news editor.

Dorothy is survived by her daughter, Jane Ellen Bomar Damstra and son-in-law, Dr. Don Damstra of Prescott, Arizona; son, Thomas R. Bomar and daughter-in-law, Margret Anne Bomar of Mountain Cove in Lovingston, Virginia; grandsons, Robert Thomas Bomar of Nashville, Tennessee, William Thomas Bomar of Lewisburg, Tennessee, Travis Miller of Ottawa, Ontario, Jason Miller of Apache Junction, Arizona, and Parker Miller of Tucson, Arizona; and granddaughter, Jessica Anne Nesseler-Cass and her husband, David, of Portland, Oregon; Jessica and David's children, McCaleb, Evelina and Charlotte.

A memorial service will held at the Colonnades 3 p.m. Thursday, June 25, 2009, with the Reverend David Wayland officiating.

Anyone wishing to make a gift in Dorothy's memory is asked to please make the gift to Hospice of the Piedmont, 675 Peter Jefferson Parkway, Suite 300, Charlottesville, VA 22911.

Friends may sign the guest register at teaguefuneralhome.com.


This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.

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Dorothy Bomar was a blessing upon us all. Whatever interested her--and that was most everything--she was determined should be of interest to everyone. When I offered to read to her a book I had given her for her 90th birthday which decreased vision prevented her from enjoying, she asked if I would mind the presence of a few Colonnades residents who might also enjoy listening. I agreed to undertake the task, which became a special pleasure during the succeeding years that I shall never forget....