White Funeral Home
1315 Main Street
Jesup, Iowa 50648

DUNKERTON – Dorothy J. Adamson, 71 years old, of Dunkerton, IA, died Wednesday, January 10, 2024, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident in Waterloo, IA.

Funeral Services will be 10:30 a.m. – Wednesday, January 17, 2024, at St. Athanasius Catholic Church, Jesup, IA, with inurnment at a later date.

Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 16, 2024, at the White Funeral Home, Jesup, where there will be a vigil service at 7:00 p.m.  Visitation will continue for an hour before services Wednesday at the church.

Memorial may be directed to the family.  Online condolences may be posted at www.White-MtHope.com

Dorothy was born March 28, 1952, in Waterloo, the daughter of Norbert Peter Schares and Leona Anna (Meier) Schares. She graduated from Dunkerton High School with the class of 1970. On February 12, 1972, she was united in marriage to Dennis Lee Adamson at St. Francis Catholic Church – Barclay, rural Dunkerton.  Dorothy was a seamstress and she loved to sew.  She will also be remembered by her family for her work ethic, from an early age working on the farm to trimming trees just a few months ago.  She never quit.  She had an unbelievable devotion to her family which would be hard to describe.  Everything in her life revolved around her family, from Dennis, her husband, the love of her life, to her children, to the joy in later years as she shared life with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.  She has helped raise them and has helped send them off into the world with love. The love she showed her husband and family will carry on as they continue to live her spirit and spread love as she would want.

Dorothy is survived by her husband, Dennis Adamson of Dunkerton; 2 daughters, Heidi (D.J.) Adamson-Manahl of Dunkerton, Jennifer (Allen) Littlefield of Waterloo; one son, Tom (Teresa) Adamson of Dunkerton; 8 grandchildren, Mitchell (Karysta) Wheeler, Samantha Schares, Alivia (Dalton) Littlefield, Adam Manahl, Grace (Noah) Chrisman, Carter Littlefield, Brad Manahl, Claire Littlefield; 6 great grandchildren, Adrian Schares, Kambrey Wheeler, Maxxon Wheeler, Layne Littlefield, Weston Littlefield, Freya Evans; 4 brothers, Michael (Amanda) Schares, Andrew (Donna) Schares, Jeff (Debbie) Schares, Billy Schares all of Dunkerton; 6 sisters, Patricia Ehr, Cedar Falls, IA, JoAnn (Bill) Weber, Independence, IA, Marilyn Steggall, Fairbank, IA, Marge (Rich) Grady, Dunkerton, Joyce Rubalcaba, Stockton, CA, Jeanette (Kevin) Steffen, Vinton, IA.

Her parents, two brothers, George, and Thomas Schares and one sister, Carol Brandt, preceded her in death.

White Funeral Home, Jesup, IA, is in charge of the arrangements.