Cherokee Cemetery Alfalfa County Oklahoma

ENID — Funeral for Donald Dotterer, 76, will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010, at Friends Church, Cherokee. Burial in Cherokee Municipal Cemetery. Arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home Inc., Cherokee. Visitation 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today at the funeral home with family present from 4-6 p.m.

Born Jan. 27, 1934, in Cherokee to Joseph J. and Elma Rebecca Harvey Dotterer and died Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010, in Cherokee.

Surviving are wife, Velda; children, Debra Cunningham, Robert Kimminau, Danna Johanningsmeier and Korina Dove; brothers, Delmer, Charles and Glen Dotterer; sister, Delores Barrett; 12 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Bio Uncle Don "Monk'

Submitted by: Tim Dotterer

My Uncle, Don "Monk" Dotterer was the sexton of the Cherokee Cemetery for many, many years. In fact, that was my first paying job was helping him dig the graves out there, along with my Uncle Bill Dotterer. There is a plaque in the front entrance mentioning his name and all he did for that cemetery. He would not allow a backhoe to touch the grounds to dig the graves so for thirty or so years they were all hand dug until he retired. After that they started to use the backhoe. When he passed away, the city workers came out and hand dug his grave. I thought it was very appropriate.

© Glenn

"Monk" Donald DOTTERER

Cherokee Municipal Cemetery

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