Dorothy “Dottie” Ann Walters, 86, of Lebanon, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 in Largo, Florida surrounded by family. She was born to Raymond and Mary Magdalene (Gogel) Roos on August 26, 1939 in Dale.
Dottie was a devoted wife, loving mother, and an adored Grammy to her grandchildren.
She married James Hubert Walters on October 25, 1958. He preceded her in death in 2020. Though she worked outside the home for a short time as a telephone switchboard operator and as an office worker, she found her greatest joy in being a wife and stay at home mom to their four children.
She is survived by three children, Shawn (Sherrie) Walters of Indianapolis, Josh (Lola) Walters of Tipp City, Ohio, and Jamie (Don) Chmiel of Lebanon, Ohio; 16 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren; one sister, Beatrice Eckert (Dick); and sisters-in-law Sarah (Lance) Drake and Sue (David) Gibson.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by a stillborn son, daughter Dana in 2016, a great-granddaughter Regina, her parents, her brother and sister-in-law Jim (Betty) Roos, her sister and brother-in-law LaVerne (Guy Neil) Ramsey, and brothers-in-law Charles “Jug” Eckert and Chuck Walters.
Visitation will be held at Ascension Catholic Church in Kettering, Ohio on November 26, from 10 until 11 a.m. with a Mass of Christian burial at 11 a.m. Following the mass, she will be placed in a mausoleum crypt at Calvary Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio with her husband Jim.
Arrangements are being handled by Westbrock Funeral Home in Dayton Ohio. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in Dorothy’s name to Ascension Catholic Church.
