Geneva Louise Newberry died April 20, 2024. She was 93. She was the daughter of Marvin and Marie Sumner of Old Hickory, Tennessee. She married Richard Newberry and moved to Michigan to build a family.
Geneva was a waitress, a factory and assembly line worker, but mostly she was a great mom. She raised three boys, Danny, Randy, and Wade. Danny and his wife Jeanne live in Clare, Michigan. Randy and his wife Reine live in Dewey, Arizona. Wade and his wife Stacey made their home in Ithaca, Michigan.
After Richard died in 1991, she married Jay Dotson in 1993. They were together until his death in 2014. Geneva also had 6 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren, 2 great great-grandchildren, and many, many friends that loved her.
A visitation will be held on Friday April 26th at 10 am, with a funeral service to follow at 11 at Gorsline Runciman Ball-Dunn Chapel in Mason, Michigan. Interment will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Aurelius, Michigan.
Those who desire may make memorial contributions in memory of Geneva to the American Diabetes Association.