JACKSONVILLE, FL – Funeral services for Dorothy Epting Lindler, 97, formerly of Heath Springs, SC will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at St. Thomas Lutheran Church with the interment to follow in the church cemetery. Memorials can be made to St. Thomas Lutheran Church, 215 St. Thomas Road, Chapin, SC 29036; Community Hospice, 4266 Sunbeam Road, Jacksonville, FL 32257 or any other place of one’s choice.
Mrs. Lindler passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2020. Born in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of Wilbur Lee and Bessie Gibson Epting. She was the wife of Homer R. Lindler for 59 years. Most of her adult life was spent in Heath Springs, SC. She was a member of Salem United Methodist Church and was involved in church activities for many years. Later, she transferred her membership to St. Thomas Lutheran Church, which was the boyhood church of her husband.
She finished Reidville High School and graduated from Winthrop College in 1943, receiving a BS Degree. She was a retired schoolteacher with 33 years of service. She taught in the public schools of Spartanburg, Laurens, Horry and Lancaster counties.
Surviving are her daughters, Ann L. Sjoholm (J. Richard) of Alpharetta, GA and Beth L. Sullivan (L. Patrick) of Jacksonville, FL; grandchildren, Jay Sjoholm (Lindsey) of Marietta, GA, Lee Sjoholm of Alpharetta, GA, William (Nadine) Sullivan of Summit, NJ, Melissa Coll (Patrick) of Jacksonville, FL, Michael Sullivan of Memphis, TN, Elizabeth Herrmann (Greg) of Ponte Vedra, FL; great grandchildren, Henry and Jack Sjoholm of Marietta, GA, Adela Sullivan of Summit, NJ, Emily and John Patrick Coll of Jacksonville, FL, Ella and Oliver Herrmann of Ponte Vedra, FL; brother, Harold E. Epting (Evelyn) of Columbia, SC; sister-in-law, Sue Epting of Roswell, GA and a number of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband and brother, Wilbur L. Epting, Jr. of Roswell, GA.
Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Chapin Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.
