Dorothy E. Medford, 84 of Champaign died at 8:38 p.m. Tuesday February 8, 2011. Graveside services will be at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Freeport at a later date.

Mrs. Medford was born Aug. 25, 1926 in Freeport, the daughter of Ben and Julia (Everts) Noeske. She married James Medford April 25, 1979. He preceded her in death December 27, 2001. She is survived by a daughter Sharon Burton-Weinmann (Miles) of Champaign, grandson Jeremy Weinmann (Roberta) of Rantoul and four great grandchildren, Taylor, Aubrey, Elijah and Rebekah. She is also preceded in death by her parents, and her niece, Patra Jo Noeske.

Dorothy was a 1944 graduate of Freeport High School. She and Jim lived in Naperville, IL for many years and moved to Freeport in 1989. They resided at Lake Carroll until 2007. Dorothy then moved to Champaign to be near her family. Dorothy had been a member of the Lena Church of the Brethren Long Beach California Church of the Brethren and lastly the Naperville Church of the Brethren.

Memorials may be made to the Provena Hospice, Champaign-Urbana through Provena Life Connections, 19065 Hickory Creek Drive, Ste. 310, Mokena, IL 60448 or www.provena.org/lifeconnections.