Dayton Daily News

WEST, JOSEPHINE "DOT" (BEAVER) - Josephine "Dot" (Beaver) West, a member of First Presbyterian Church of Troy and a longtime teacher, died Nov. 13 at her Troy home. She was 90. Mrs. West earned a bachelor of education degree from Wilmington College in 1952. She did graduate work at the University of Dayton and Miami University. She was a teacher for two years at Urbana Elementary School and seven years with Highland County Public Schools. She taught in the Troy City schools for 31 years and retired in 1974. She was a member of Stouder Auxiliary, Afternoon Garden Club, Westbrook Garden Club, Miami County Retired Teachers, Delta Kappa Gamma, Ohio Education Association, National Education Association and the Troy Historical Society. Services were Monday at First Presbyterian Church, Troy, with burial in Hillsboro Cemetery. Arrangements were by Fisher-Cheney Funeral Home, Troy. Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 20 S. Walnut St., Troy, OH 45373, or Hospice of Miami County, P.O. Box 502, Troy, OH 45373.