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Birth Date: 9/16/1924
Death Date: 12/18/1992
Oaklawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery
St. Mark, Section PA, Crypt 15, Level 1
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Dorothy was born in Indianapolis, Indiana at Methodist Hospital. Having no children, Olin and Hazel Rittenhouse of Liberty Center, Indiana applied to adopt Dorothy when she was only 6 weeks old.
She attended Liberty Center High from the 1st thru the 12th Grades. She was an excellent student and played the trumpet and trombone in the school band. She also won the County Typing Contest while in high school. She started accompanying the church choir as pianist and organist at the age of nine.
After high school she attended Arthur Jorden Conservatory of Music in Indianapolis. She married Charles Gavin in January, 1943 and then in February 1944 had her only child. She was a music teacher most of her adult life.
She was a member of the National Association of Organ Teachers, The National Music Association, Inc. and the Indiana Music Teachers Association, Inc. |
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Dorothy, as a little lady, posing for the camera.
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Dorothy's parents, Olin and Hazel Rittenhouse, on the front porch of only house she ever lived in, as a child.
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Dorothy's Graduation picture from Liberty Center High School in 1942.
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Home from Arthur Jorden Conservatory for Christmas, 1942.
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Four Generations Alice Rittenhouse with her son Olin Rittenhouse, her granddaughter Dorothy Rittenhouse Gavin and her great-grandson Lyn Gavin in 1944.
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Dorothy and Lyn in California in 1945.
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Dorothy with husband Charles and son Lyn, standing on south side of her parents home on Easter Sunday 1954.
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Dorothy with Lyn and her favorite cousin Eric Freehafer, while he was stationed at Long Beach, California in the Navy during the Fall of 1955.
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Dorothy in her studio standing behind her Grand Piano in 1963.
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Dorothy playing her Hammond Organ in her studio during Christmas 1970.
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