Dorothy Emma Stafford

Dorothy Emma Geigle Stafford passed away on October 15, 2015 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on October 17, 1940 at home to Adolph and Hertha Geigle. She was raised in the Creighton/Wall community with her two siblings, Norman and Goldie. She graduated from Wall High School in May of 1958. She married Johnny Stevens on August 3, 1958. To this union five children were born: Rhonda, Rocky, Robin, Rodney and Roger.

In 1968, Dorothy and her five children moved to Denver, Colorado , where she resided until her death. Dorothy sold Avon and worked shuttling rental cars for Avis and Budget in the Denver area. She enjoyed in her later years polka dancing, traveling and spring training in Arizona.

Dorothy is survived by her children: Rhonda Poole of Guernsey, Wyoming, Robin Angle of Cheyenne, Wyoming, Rodney Stevens of Pine Bluff, Wyoming and Roger Stevens (Kris) of Chadron, Nebraska, her brother, Norman (Diane) Geigle of Wall, South Dakota, her sister, Goldie Eason of Northport, Alabama, five grandchildren, five great- grandchildren, her special friend and caretaker, Nathan Younger and a host of relatives and friends.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, Adolph and Hertha Geigle, her son Rocky Stevens, infant daughter Tiffany Whitney, and her late husband Ron Stafford.

Memorials can be made in her name to The Denver Hospice, 501 S Cherry St, Suite 700, Denver, Colorado 80246.

A memorial service for Dorothy was held on her 75th birthday on October 17, 2015 in Denver, Colorado. Burial services in Wall, South Dakota are pending.

The DASH by Linda Ellis

I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. He referred to the dates on the tombstone from the beginning ……to the end.

He noted that first came the date of birth and spoke of the following date with tears, but said what mattered most of all was the” Dash” between those years.

For that Dash represents all the time that we spent alive on the Earth. And now, only those who loved them know what that little time was worth.

For it matters not, how much we own, the cars…the house…the cash. What matters is how we live and love and how we spend “Our Dash”

So think about this long and hard. Are there things you’d like to change? For you never know how much time is left that can still be rearranged.

If we could slow down long enough to consider what’s true and real, and always try to understand the way other people feel.

And be less quick to anger, and show appreciation more, and love people in our lives like we’ve never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect and more often wear a smile, remembering that this special dash might only last a little while.

So, when your Eulogy is being read with your life’s actions to rehash… would you be proud of the things that say about Your Dash?

Dorothy Emma Geigle

October 17. 1940

October 15, 2015