DORTHA ELIZABETH CLAUSON 80 OF INDEPENDENCE, MO. PASSED AWAY TUESDAY JULY 1, 2003 AT THE INDEPENDENCE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD 12:00 PM SATURDAY JULY 5, 2003 AT THE RIDGE PARK CEMETERY IN MARSHALL, MO. VISITATION WILL BE FROM 9:00 TO 10:00 AM SATURDAY AT THE SPEAKS MIDTOWN CHAPEL. DORTHA WAS BORN MAY 4, 1923 IN BOONVILLE, MO. AND HAD LIVED IN INDEPENDENCE MOST OF HER LIFE. SHE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH. DORTHA WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND GEORGE E. CLAUSON.