Dorothy E. Walter

AUBURN - Dorothy E. Walter, 87, of Auburn, died Jan. 15, 2011 at Mercy Health & Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Walter was born in Auburn, the daughter of the late Herbert and Ruth Hunt Bobbett and was a life resident of the Auburn-Union Springs area. Mrs. Walter graduated from Union Springs Central School and Auburn Business School. She was employed by the Cayuga Home for Children for 23 years as an assistant cook and assisting with the laundry. Mrs. Walter enjoyed her early years of retirement at their camp on Hard Point Road in Conquest, prior to moving back to Union Springs. Surviving her are two sons, Stanley G. Walter and his wife, Evelyn, of Colorado Springs, Colo. and Glendon K. Walter and his wife, Susan, of Union Springs; one brother, Laverne Bobbett and his wife, Lois, of Moravia; 11 grandchildren, Julie Beeley and her husband, Bruce, of New York, Tammie Montgomery and her husband, Paul, of Missouri, Allen Seaman and his wife, Sue, of Missouri, Jamie Coleman and her husband, Dale, of Colorado, Sharie Bubble, of Colorado, Steven Seaman and his wife, Amy, of Kentucky, Jeffery Walter and his wife, Alene, of Massachusetts, Jason Walter, of Alabama, Todd Walter and his life partner CA Cintron, of Texas, Tammy Gelsi and her husband, David, of New York, and Timothy Walter and his wife, Tracy, of New York; 26 great-grandchildren; 17 great-great-grandchildren; several cousins and dozens of nieces and nephews. Mrs. Dorothy Walter was predeceased by her husband of 58 years, Glenn K. Walter, on Oct. 9, 2003; granddaughter, Laurie Ackroyd in 2001; a sister, Grace Wilkenson and her husband Harry; and a brother, Kenneth Bobbett and his wife Marie. Friends are invited to attend a memorial service at 4 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Spring Street, Union Springs, with Pastor Timothy Bailey officiating. Expressions of sympathy may be made to Union Springs Volunteer Fire Department, Union Springs, NY 13160 in memory of Mrs. Walter. The Shakelton Funeral Home, Aurora, is in charge of arrangements. To send a message to the family, sign our guest book at www.auburnpub.com and click on obituaries.