Cherokee Municipal Cemetery, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

The funeral for Billy Joe Dotterer, 75, formerly of Cherokee, will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008, at Cherokee Friends Church. The Revs. John Havens and Ken Burnham will officiate. Burial with military rites will be in Cherokee Municipal Cemetery. Arrangements are by Goodwin Funeral Home, Cherokee. Visitation will be 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, with the family present from 7-8 p.m. at the funeral home.

He was born Dec. 31, 1932, in Cherokee to Joe and Elma Harvey Dotterer and died Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008, at Texas State Veterans Home, McAllen, Texas.

He graduated from Cherokee High School in 1951. He entered the Army in 1952 and was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. He was honorably discharged in 1954. He operated Dotterers Service Station, farmed and drove the Cherokee Chief activity bus many years. After his retirement, he moved to Mission, Texas. Surviving are one sister, Deloris Barrett of Cherokee; four brothers, Don of Cherokee, Delmar of Springdale, Ark., Charley of Yukon and Glen of Oklahoma City.

He was preceded in death by an infant sister.

Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Cherokee School track fund.

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