Dot taught at Our Lady of Sorrows School for the 47 years, where she retired the past May.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Glynn West and her parents Jimmy and Erin Connolly. Dot was a loving mother of three children: Debbie Newton (Joe), Shane West (Jenny) and Candy West; and seven grandchildren: Caleb Newton, Daniel Newton (Meegan), Michael West (Elizabeth), Erin Crowley (Charles), Matthew West, Sarah Newton and Patrick West.
The family will receive friends on Saturday, February 20, 2016 from 10:00 am until 12 noon with the funeral mass following at 12 noon at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church. Burial will be at Elmwood Cemetery.
Memorials in memory of Dot West may be made to the American Heart Association.