Dorothy Virginia Marsee, 87, Celina, died at 2:05 p.m. Jan. 17, 2011, at the Van Wert Inpatient Hospice Center in Van Wert.

She was born March 3, 1923, in Fonde, Ky., to George Washington and Elizabeth Bryant Reed. In 1939, she married Clarence Marsee, who died Oct. 30, 1967.

Surviving are two daughters, Margaret (Robert) Caffee, Berne, Ind., and Lois (Ronald) Felver, Celina; a brother, George (Joyce) Reed Jr., Pruden, Tenn.; a sister, Thelma Uhrick, Detroit, Mich.; four grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a great-great grandchild.

Also deceased are a son, Robert Lee Marsee; a brother, Herman Reed; and three sisters, Mamie Hill, Dallas Mobley and Virgil Grubbs.

She was a homemaker and retired from the former Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in St. Marys after 28 years.

Funeral services are 10 a.m. Saturday at W.H. Dick & Sons-Hellwarth Funeral Home in Celina. Burial is at North Grove Cemetery in Celina.

Calling is 2-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to the Cancer Association of Mercer County.

Condolences may be left at dick.hellwarth@frontier.com.