The Shemwell Family

Dorothy Schlegel (nee Bruce) Obituary and Family Listing Dorothy Schlegel Obituary Published by Flanner Buchanan - Market Street on Feb. 13, 2001. MRS. DOROTHY BRUCE SCHLEGEL, a resident of Indianapolis, died February 13. She was born in Crown Point, Indiana on February 16, 1910. Mrs. Schlegel was a graduate of Crown Point High School and Butler University. She was married to Fred G. Schlegel until his death in 1996. Mrs. Schlegel was active in a number of volunteer organizations, including the White Cross guild of Methodist Hospital, Tri Kappa (a college women's service organization), and Northminster Presbyterian Church, where she and her husband were founding members, in 1945. Mrs. Schlegel worked many years in the bookstores of Broad Ripple High School and IUPUI, at its Purdue Campus. She was the mother of three sons, J. Bruce who preceded both his parents in 1994, Fred who resides in Indianapolis, and Louis, who resides in Wilmington, Delaware. Mrs. Schlegel is survived also by a sister Carol Martin Dyer and five grandchildren, Julia Hara, Natasha Raymond and Charles, Alexandra and Carolou Schlegel. A memorial service will be held at 2:oo pm, Friday, Feb. 16, at the Washington Park North Mortuary, with calling 1 hour prior to service. The family requests that any memorial gifts be made in Mrs. Schlegel's memory to the Festival Music Society, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra or Northminster Presbyterian Church. Entombment will be at Washington Park North Cemetery. To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/dorothy-schlegel-obituary?id=18538666