Dorothy Anne Newhouse

Dorothy Jones Newhouse was born on May 16, 1916, to Dr. Clifford Buckman and Elizabeth Ferguson Jones in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was raised a Quaker, along with her three brothers, and attended Germantown Friends School. During her childhood, she loved going to her family summer cottage on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire and canoeing in the stillness of the early morning hours listening to the birds. In 1938, she graduated from Wheaton College in Massachusetts with a Major in Art History and a Minor in French. Both her Art History and French would serve her well throughout her lifetime. Upon graduation, she traveled to France by ship on her own, with the intent of leading American student tours throughout France, truly a woman ahead of her time; however, tensions increased in Europe prior to the war and she returned to the U.S. Upon her return, she began work as Curator of the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts. Dorothy met her future husband, Sidney Newhouse, at a Presbyterian young adult group in Philadelphia. They had a two year engagement while Sidney served in the Navy in World War II in Australia. A month after his return, they were married on December 21, 1944. They raised three children, Nancy, Phil and David, while living in Fort Wayne, then South Bend, Indiana and in 1960, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. As her children were preparing to head off to college and to ensure their education, Dot returned to school at Wayne State University and received her teaching certificate. Her teaching career spanned eighteen years as a French teacher in the Grosse Pointe Public School System at both Brownell Jr. High and Grosse Pointe North High School. Mrs. Newhouse's students knew her as an exceptionally kind, caring teacher who sponsored the French Club and led numerous student trips to France. Upon retirement in 1981, she taught Adult Continuing Education classes in "Calligraphy" and "French for Travelers". Worldwide travel with her husband was a great enjoyment to her. Her favorite trips were to Australia and New Zealand, India and Nepal, and Hawaii and Fiji. Her love of her husband, Sidney, her children and their spouses (Nancy Trimmer (Tom), Phil (Cindy), Dave (Denise), her grandchildren, Tom, Jr., Michelle Baby (Scott), Juliana Kerschen (Shaun), Andrew, Meredith and Megan, and her great granddaughters, Brooke and Courtney Baby gave her immense joy. Her grandchildren spent many happy hours with her as they assisted her in baking cookies and pies for many charitable fund-raisers. Her thoughtful gestures were always abundant and a natural part of her life. At Grosse Pointe Memorial Presbyterian Church, she was a deacon as well as a Sunday School teacher, the calligrapher for the church record books and an expert on the church iconography. She was active in the Cottage Hospital Auxiliary in fundraising events and in pushing the gift cart to cheer hospital patients. For many years, Dot delivered Meals on Wheels even when some of the recipients were younger than she was. She also served on the SOC (Serving Older Citizens) Board in Grosse Pointe and enjoyed membership in the Alliance Francaise. Her interests were many and varied and included a love of Art History, French, calligraphy, birds, reading, the Detroit Tigers, bridge and card games, dancing and gardening in her younger years. She leaves a legacy of love, kindness and caring to all whose lives she touched.

Funeral Home:

A. H. Peters Funeral Home of Grosse Pointe

20705 Mack Avenue

Grosse Pointe Woods, MI

US 48236