DeKALB – Dorothy M. Elliott, 83, of DeKalb, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at her home, with her loving family at her bedside.

She was born Sept. 14, 1928, in Dixon, the daughter of Charles and Gertrude (Earles) Hartzell. Dorothy married Herald I. Stone on Dec. 14, 1946. She married Jay M. Elliott on Aug. 10, 1980.

Dorothy was active in her husbands’ businesses, first H.I. Stone & Sons Well Drilling and later Jay Elliott Photography. A lifelong member of Hillcrest Covenant Church in DeKalb and its Covenant Women, she was a deaconess of the Covenant Church and a participant in many church volunteer activities. She also was a longtime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, Kishwaukee Community Hospital Auxiliary, Meals on Wheels and DeKalb County Farm Bureau Home Extension Association.