Dorothy M. Baumgarden, age 70, of Deepwater, Missouri died Saturday, April 25, 2009 at Clinton Healthcare & Rehabilitation, Clinton. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton with burial in the Deepwater Cemetery, Deepwater, Missouri. The family will receive friends one hour before the service on Tuesday at the Chapel. Family suggests contributions to the National Emphysema Foundation and may be left at the funeral home. Fond memories may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Dorothy worked at Rival Mfg. for 35 years. She attended the Osceola Church of the Nazarene.

Survivors include her husband Bufford of the home, two sons, Kenneth L. Baumgarden, Deepwater and Gary D. Baumgarden of Clinton;
one brother, Albert Hyde of Cameron, Missouri; two sisters, Thelma Decker, Clinton and Sue Grossman, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.