Dorothy Elizabeth Farris Bratton, 91, of Blue Springs, Missouri (formerly of Excelsior Springs) passed away on Tuesday, March 8, 2022 from complications following a fall. Funeral services will be held at 11:00am Saturday, March 19, 2022 at Royer Funeral Home in Grain Valley. The family will receive friends beginning at 10:00am until service time. Graveside services will be the same day at 1:30pm in Excelsior Springs at the Masonic Cemetery on Crown Hill Road (use entrance across from Sunset Lane.) Memorials may be made payable to the Good Samaritan Center and left at Royer Funeral home on the day of service or mailed directly to the Good Samaritan Center, 108 South Thompson Avenue, Excelsior Springs, MO 64024. 

Dorothy was born February 23, 1931 at home in St. Louis, MO to Walter and Lydia (Wilson) Farris. She was raised on a small farm near Unionville. Dorothy attended Putnam County schools graduating from Livonia High School in 1949. She attended Noyes Hospital Nurses Training program earning a license of practical nursing. Upon graduation Dorothy was presented a full scholarship to attend General Hospital Nurses Training in Kansas City. She graduated May 11, 1954 as a Registered Nurse. On August 1, 1957 Dorothy married James L. Bratton of McCune, Kansas. Their union lasted 47 years until Jim's passing on Sept. 26, 2004. In 1973 the family moved to Excelsior Springs and Dorothy applied for a surgical position at the newly opened Liberty Hospital. She spent the next 20 years working for what she described as the best hospital in the region. Dorothy accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior and was a member of the Woods Memorial Christian Church in Excelsior Springs.  

 
Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband and parents; three brothers Maurice, Cedric and Keith Farris; four sisters-in-law Ruth Blackman Farris, Jennie Munden Farris, Ruth Bratton Egbert and Betty Strathe Bratton; and brother-in-law Arthur Bratton.  

She is survived by her three daughters: Elizabeth (Don) Prindle of Oak Grove, Susan (Richard) Hitchcock of Warrensburg, Janet (Steven) Bayless of Camdenton; six grandchildren: Jason Prindle, Jared (Faith) Prindle, Elane (James) Ennis, Jamie Bayless, Juliana (Chris) Engelken and Thomas Hitchcock; Great-grandchildren: Annabelle and Noah Prindle, as well as two additional great grandchildren expected later this Spring. In addition, she is survived by her sister-in-law Agnes Farris Kleeb, brother-in-law Marvin Egbert, cousin Nellie Farris Swartwood, and several nieces and nephews.