Dorothy Amanda Carr

Dorothy Amanda Carr, 87, died Jan. 13, 2018 at Arbor Springs Nursing Home, West Des Moines, Iowa. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 20 at Hauser Funeral Home, Charles City, Iowa. Friends are invited join the family for lunch at the Floyd County Museum, Charles City before traveling to her graveside service being held 3 p.m. Saturday at Garden of Memories Cemetery, Waterloo, Iowa.

She was born on July 9, 1930 in Charles City to Anthony John and Katherine Elizabeth (Doerr) Einck. The family moved to a farm outside New Hampton, Iowa when she was age two. After her marriage to Clarence W. Carr, they made a home together in Waterloo until his death in 1978.

Dorothy worked for 23 years at St. Francis Hospital, later Covenant Medical Center, in Waterloo as a baker. She enjoyed providing homemade bread, cookies and desserts to the patients and staff at the hospital.

Dorothy is survived by her daughters, Cathy Carr-Davis (Merlin Davis) and Cindy Carr (Frank Castleberry, Jr.); granddaughters, Erienne and Sabrina Davis and Cheyenne Castleberry; sisters, Ardis Wiltse, Ila Mihm and Helen Einck; sister-in-law, Marg Einck; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence W. Carr; her parents; her brothers, Donald and Wayne Einck; and sisters, Vera Schmitt and Oril Schmitt.

Iles Grandview Park Funeral Home is handling Des Moines arrangements. Online condolences may be found at www.IlesCares.com.