Dorothy Helen Glassburn, 99, formerly of Wabash, Indiana, died at 9:15 am, Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at Peabody Retirement Community in North Manchester. She was born on July 29, 1922, in Peru, Indiana, to Tom and Stella (Kelly) Barlow.
Dorothy was a 1940 graduate of Linlawn High School, and a graduate of Marion Beauty College. She first married Russell Barnett and he preceded her in death. She then married Thurman Glassburn on January 3, 1983; he died in March 2021. Dorothy owned and operated Dorothy’s Beauty Salon in Wabash, 33 years, and also managed LaBoutique Beauty Salon. She was a member of the Evangelical United Methodist Church in Huntington. She was a former member of the Woman’s Clubhouse Association and a longtime member of the Wabash Women’s Bowling League. Dorothy lived in Huntington several years and at Peabody Retirement Community the past 5 years.
She is survived by two children, Phillip L. (Judy) Barnett of Naperville, Illinois, and Sharon (Dewayne) Anderson of Huntington, Indiana, five grandchildren, Michele (Kurt) Landis of Schaumburg, Illinois, Michael (Media) Anderson of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Michelle (Chad) Hacker and Rachel (Aaron) Kiefer, both of Huntington, and Matthew (Lindsay) Anderson of Hyrum, Utah, and five great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her parents, seven brothers and three sisters.
Funeral services will be 11:00 am, Saturday, August 21, 2021, at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Avenue, Wabash. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call 10-11 am Saturday, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorial is Woman’s Clubhouse Association.
The memorial guest book for Dorothy may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
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