Dorothy Dana Burns was born on June 23, 1933 in Los Angeles, California to William Henry Dudley and Loree Broughton Dudley. She met her husband, Joseph Burns at the University of Arizona and together they raised three children. A lifetime advocate of education, Dorothy earned a Bachelor's degree in education and Master's degrees in both Education and Divinity. She enjoyed a long career in teaching, post-secondary student support and educational research. Highlights of her career included conducting resiliency research at the University of Pittsburgh and working on native language preservation with the Peace Corps in Micronesia. Dorothy traveled extensively and enjoyed friendships with individuals across the globe. She was committed to her Catholic faith and volunteered in a variety of capacities at her churches in Taos, New Mexico and Brownsburg, Indiana. In her spare time, she enjoyed hiking, backpacking, photography and driving her electric blue Mustang. Dorothy is survived by son, Joseph Burns (Valerie) of Okeechobee, Florida, daughters Molly Wehner (Kurt) of Herndon, Virginia and Colleen Gore (Jonathan) of Brownsburg, Indiana, grandsons Scott Wehner, Joshua, Nathaniel and Ethan Gore and granddaughters Shannon Smith, Tracy Gutierrez, Megan Wehner and Leslie Gore. She was preceded in death by her spouse, parents and step-mother, Marjorie Kinnear Dudley, sister Caron, granddaughter, Katherine Gore and great- granddaughter, Kaitlyn Penney. A mass of Christian burial will be held at 11am on August 7, 2017 at St. Malachy's Catholic Church in Brownsburg, Indiana. Public visitation will be held from 10am -11am. In lieu of flowers, Dorothy requested that donations be made to the following: ALS Association, UNICEF, or Wheeler Mission Center for Women and Children.