MEADE – Dorothy D. (Lynde) Splane, age 89, died early Monday morning, February 18, 2008, at the Lone Tree Retirement Center, Meade, Kansas.

She was born August 30, 1918, at Bennington, Kansas, the daughter of Lloyd B. and Gertrude Faith (Lott) Hamilton. As a young girl she attended the Westkan, Kansas, school system. A longtime resident of Meade, she had worked for the Meade District Hospital, Fowler Hospital for thirty-two years, the Wichita Clinic before retiring, was a homemaker, cashier, and a clerk.

On April 17, 1935, she married Vernon Lynwood Lynde at Burlington, Kansas. He passed away on March 29, 1970. After his death she moved to Wichita, Kansas. On October 5, 1979, she married Leo M. Splane at Wichita. He passed away on October 6, 1985. After the death of Leo she returned to Meade where she has made her home.

She was a member of the Countryside Christian Church and enjoyed singing in the choir and for family and friends.

She is survived by
Three sons, Robert Lynde of Weaterford, Oklahoma
LaVerne Lynde of Calvary, Canada
Lester Lynde of Wichita, Kansas

Two daughters, Pat Dufield of Plains, Kansas
Clara Mae Linke of Geneseo, Kansas

A brother, Earnest Hamilton of Bennington, Kansas
Three half-brothers, Melvin Hamilton of Flagstaff, Arizona
Gilbert Hamilton of Ingalls, Kansas
Donnie Hamilton of Gasgon, Oregon

A sister, Phyllis Ambrose Cohen of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Three half-sisters, Melva Fulk of Ingramham, Illinois
Aletta Sprage of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Lucille Weiss of Del Rio, Texas

Fourteen grandchildren Twenty great-grandchildren Four great-great-grandchildren

She is preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Vernon Lynde and Leo Splane; a brother, Lester Hamilton; a half-brother, Morris Hamilton; and two sisters, Arlene McBride and Gertrude Hale.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, February 21, 2008, at the Emmanuel Mennonite Church, Meade, Kansas, with the Reverend Ken Harder presiding. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade. Interment will be in the Graceland Cemetery, Meade.

The family would welcome memorials to the Windows to the World or the Emmanuel Mennonite Church in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 70, Meade, Kansas 67864.