Dorothy Syphrit

Heading: Dorothy Haney Syphrit Dateline: Gaffney Dorothy Evelyn Sherbert was born on February 28, 1923, and passed away on Sunday, November 2, 2008, at Upstate Medical Center in Gaffney, SC, thus ending a life filled with assisting in the preservation of health and the care of illness and disease of the people of Spartanburg County. She began her health care career while in her mid- twenties as the physician trained nurse assistant to the only doctor in the town of Lyman, SC. During the mid 1950s, the demands of a growing family took her away from the career that she loved. She worked for the next 15 years at Lyman Printing and Finishing Company. Determined to fulfill her dream, in 1970 at the age of 46 years, she enrolled in the Spartanburg County School of Practical Nursing. She graduated in 1971 with honors. She joined the outstanding team of health care professionals at Spartanburg Memorial Hospital shortly after graduation and was a devoted, compassionate, and competent LPN in the trauma unit of the hospital until she retired in 1990. Even in retirement and up until her mind and body no longer permitted, she gave compassionate nursing care to those around her who needed it. Dorothy was a 1940 graduate of Holly Springs High School where she was a star player on the girl’s basketball team and an outstanding student. She married James B. Haney in 1942 with whom she raised three children, Judy Haney Rose, RN, of Charleston, SC, who prior to her death in 1994, was a trauma unit nurse at the Medical University of South Carolina, Teresa Haney Greer, RN, of San Francisco, CA, and James T. Haney, PE, of Dallas, TX. After the death of her first husband, Dorothy married Benjamin Syphrit, WWII veteran and former Mayor of Wellford, SC. Mr. Syphrit passed away in 1998. Dorothy is survived by her son, James, and his wife, Gayle, of Dallas, TX, her daughter, Teresa Greer of San Francisco, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association. Visitation will be Tuesday, November 4, 2008, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Wood Mortuary, 300 West Poinsett St., Greer, SC. A private burial will be on Wednesday, November 5, 2008. Online condolences may be made at www.thewoodmortuary.com

Dorothy Syphrit

February 28, 1924 - November 2, 2008