Dorothy Sheldon

Dorothy Jean Sheldon (née Person), age 99, passed away peacefully in her sleep late January 19, 2025 surrounded by family at the House of Angels in Troy. Dorothy was born in Detroit, Michigan on January 12, 1926. Dorothy graduated from Denby High School in 1943, where she was the class secretary. Following high school she received an associate business degree from The Detroit College of Business. She later worked for the VP of Packard Motor Car Company. Dorothy also played the piano for the Detroit USO during WWII. After marrying Fred Sheldon in 1947, she became a homemaker and mother to her three children. While raising her children, Dorothy became very active with the Girl Scouts of America, Royal Oak Shrine School Mothers Club, Ladies Guild, Shrine Ladies bowling and golf leagues (including 2 holes in one in her life). She was very active in the Shrine of the Little Flower School Sugar Cube Polio Program in the early 1960's, and recruited local volunteers to help in the effort to eradicate polio. Later in life she became a very active member of the Royal Oak Rotary Club serving as the secretary for many years and regularly helping with the Blessings in a Backpack and scholarship programs. Dorothy was a loving mother, grandmother and friend, with a welcoming heart, encouraging spirit and brilliant smile. She was endlessly proud of her family and her husband, continuing his legacy in the Rotary Club and their real estate company, Fredot. Education was always very important to the Sheldons so after the passing of her husband, Fred, she established the Fred and Dorothy Sheldon Rotary Scholarship Fund. Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, Fred and her son, Robert. Dorothy is survived by her loving daughters Jean Ivory and Carol Sheldon; her seven grandchildren, Meghan (Alan) Ivory Vince, Jaime (Daren) Ivory, Lauren (Rostyslaw) Ivory Smyk, Greg (Megan) Sheldon, Juli (David) Dreifuss, and Michael (Jessi) Sheldon, and granddaughter-in -love Sarah Fruck; nine great-grandchildren Linnaea and Leland, Isaac and Whitney, Lanie, Benny and Marnie, and Jackson and Sammi; and her beloved niece, Cathy Field. Visitation will be Thursday, January 23, from 3 - 8 p.m., with a Rosary at 7 p.m., at Wm. Sullivan & Son Funeral Home, 705 W. Eleven Mile Rd. (four blocks east of Woodward), Royal Oak. Funeral Mass will be held Friday morning at 10 a.m. (visitation 9:30 a.m.) at National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica, 2100 Twelve Mile Rd., Royal Oak. Interment will take place immediately following at Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley. Memorials contribution may be made to the Royal Oak Rotary Club in the name of the Fred and Dorothy Sheldon Scholarship Fund (P.O. Box 745 Royal Oak, MI 48068) or the Tri - Community Coalition Bob Sheldon Scholarship Fund (2820 W. 12 Mile Rd Berkley, Mi 48072).

Dorothy Sheldon

January 12, 1926 - January 19, 2025