DOROTHY LOONEY

Smith Funeral Home LTD and Crematory

Dorothy Looney left her earthly home on February 17, 2011, after a bout with type A flu and pneumonia. Mom and her twin sister Doris were born on December 25, 1910, to Bessie Tolles and Marcus Chastine and joined one brother and three sisters in Jackson, MS.

After graduating from Jackson High School at age 16, mom continued her education at Mississippi State College for women.

While home for spring break in 1927, she met and fell in love with her soul mate Floyd Looney who was in his third year at Millsaps College at Galloway Memorial Methodist Church in Jackson. When mom graduated after 4 years with a degree in office management, mom and dad were married on February 14, 1930. Mom then joined Dad in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was attending Emory University School of Divinity. Betty, Dorothy, and Floyd were born in Atlanta. After Dad graduated, he and mom moved back to Mississippi. where they ministered several Methodist churches until Dad was called to military service, leaving December 27, 1941, to boot camp at Camp Shelly on the Gulf Coast. Floyd was drafted when World War II started for Camp Shelly on December 27, 1941. After the war was over, the family moved to Sunnyside where Floyd was an Army recruiter and Floyd and Dorothy ministered the Buena Methodist Church for several years during this time also.

Upon retirement from the Army, Floyd and Dorothy went back into full-time ministry, serving Cashmere Methodist Church and Newport Methodist Churches for several years. When Doctors advised Floyd to refrain from using his voice, they retired from full-time ministry to become house parents at Children's Home Society for several years. Floyd continued many volunteer jobs and Dorothy accepted a position at the University of Washington as an administrative secretary, retiring at age 75.

Upon Floyd's death in 1986, Dorothy moved back to Sunnyside, WA, to be near family, living in an apartment where she could garden and tend to flowers for several years. When Mona's eyesight left her almost blind in one eye, she decided to give up driving and moved to Sun Terrace for several years. After a stroke in 2008 that left her confined to a wheelchair, she made her home at Hillcrest Manor up until the time of her passing.

She was a lifetime member of the Methodist Church; she was always very active in her church family.

Dorothy is survived by her twin sister, Doris Hartford of Madison, Mississippi; daughter Betty Carlyle of Sunnyside, WA; son, Floyd (Beverly) of Spokane; son, Bill (Trudy) of Tacoma; daughters-in-law, Darlene of Newport, WA, and Yuma, Arizona; Colleen of Redmond, WA, and Kona, Hawaii; Jean of Post Falls, Idaho; and son-in-law, Jim Hoffman of Tacoma; 21 grandchildren, great-grandchildren and 41 great-great-grandchildren; also many friends who loved mom dearly.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Floyd; her parents; one brother; 3 sisters; daughter, Dorothy Hoffman; sons, Greg and Sam; and son-in-law Gene Carlyle.

Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m., March 5, 2011, at the Sunnyside Presbyterian Church. located on 16th Street. Child care will be provided. Memorials to the Union Gospel Mission (Yakima), Young Life (Sunnyside or Mabton), Lower Valley Hospice or donor's choice of charity. Smith Funeral Homes in charge of arrangements.