Beloved Wife and Mother, Dortha Susan Warren was born on January 10, 1927 to parents Horace Satterfield and Janet Furman Satterfield in Tranquility, California. Dortha has passed away on May 7, 2023 at the age of 96 at her home in Merced, California. Dortha grew up on a 10-acre farm in Dos Palos, California and graduated from Dos Palos High School. She met her husband Mike Warren in 1944 while she worked at Pingles Drug Store. She was 16 and he was a Cadet at Eagle Field. They dated – then he was transferred to Burma, Southeast Asia. They wrote many letters to each other. After a year, he returned and they were married at her sister’s house – Maybelle May 15, 1945. They had their honeymoon in Santa Cruz and Big Sur. They travelled to many states over the years then retired in Merced, California and she worked at Stefanies down town and on the mall for 17 years. Dortha is survived by her children Jana Sue Smiley (Larry), Barry Cole Warren; Sister Mary Leverette; Grandchildren Chad Groeschel (Laurell), Jason Warren (Delfina), Matthew Warren (Amber), Nathan Warren, Sharon Warren; 10 Great Grandchildren; 1 Great-Great Grandchild. Dortha is preceded in death by her husband Newman Martin Warren “Mike”; Son David Kyle Warren; Parents Horace Satterfield and Janet Furman Satterfield; Sister Maybelle Kuhnert, Peggy Manfredi (Dominic), Betty Moorhead, Edith Wheeler. Dortha loved her family very much and her church family very much and all of her sisters. She also loved all of her many dogs and cats. Dortha loved to take trips to Carmel and Yosemite once a year. She was so kind and so loving and will be missed so very much every single day. Private family service.
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