Age 97, Memorial service will be 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 14, in the St. Andrew's Episcopal Church with The Rev. William B. Carlin, II, Rector, officiating. Mrs. Worthen died Monday, May 3, 2010 at the age of 97. Arrangements are under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. She was born August 11, 1912 in Lawton, Ok. to pioneer Lawtonian's, Frances Sleeper and Charles Shelly Graybill, Sr. She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude Edward Worthen of Lawton. She attended Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha, Oklahoma, and graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1940. Dorothy began her teaching career at Emerson School in Lawton, moving to Swinney Elementary where she taught second grade and music. She taught in the Lawton Public Schools for 30 years. Dorothy was very musically talented, and played the organ at First Presbyterian Church in Lawton. She has been a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church where she served on the altar guild for many years. Dorothy was a member of PEO Chapter EB, and demitted to Chapter FW. She was a member of the Oklahoma Retired Educators Association, the Lawton Country Club, Lawton Junior Service League, and the Manhattan Dance Club. She was an avid Sooner fan! She is survived by her daughter, Mary Worthen Bowles and husband James of Tulsa, Ok; granddaughter, Shelly Bowles Mercer and husband Kelly of Oklahoma City; and her brother, Charles Shelly Graybill, Jr. M.D. and wife, Betty of Lawton. She was affectionately called "Aunt Dor" by her three Graybill nephews, Chuck of Salt Lake City, Ut.; Todd of Muskogee, and David of Superior, Co. She is survived by a sister in law, Pat Worthen of Lawton, and many Worthen nieces and nephews including, Ann Worthen Ervin of Houston; Sue Worthen Powell of Plano, Nancy Worthen Myers of Edmond, Ivan Worthen of Concordia, Ks., Linda Worthen Tracy of Kansas City, Jimmie Worthen of Altus, and Marilyn Worthen McCleskey, John Worthen, and Fannie Lou Worthen of Lawton. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the St. Andrew's Episcopal Church Memorial Fund, 1313 SW D Avenue, Lawton OK 73501 or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memorial and Honor Program, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis TN 38105-1942.