Dorothea Mildred Klein

Dorothea Mildred (Bastron) Klein, died on Dec. 7, 2011, at the age of 91, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tacoma, Wash., after a short illness.

She was born in Ritzville, on July 29, 1920, but moved to Tacoma as a young child. She married Victor Dorn; later married David Klein on Nov. 10, 1951, and they enjoyed fifty years of marriage, until his death on Jan. 5, 2002.

Besides her love of baking, sewing, and gardening, she was a very active member in her churches. For many years, she organized receptions and luncheons, worked on quilts, and knitted thousands of caps for children in need throughout...