Dorothy Mai “Dot” Wingerd, 82, of Overland Park, was called home on May 25, 2021.  Dorothy Mai was born on July 12, 1938, in Glen Allen, Mississippi to Hector Arthur and Margaret Grace Bowe.  Dorothy Mai “Dot” grew up on Marathon Plantation in the Mississippi Delta.  She graduated from Southern Methodist University as a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority with a degree in elementary education.  After college, as a fifth-grade teacher in Memphis, Tennessee, she met the love of her life, Kenneth Gordon Wingerd.  Gordon and Dot were married for 46 years and they had four children.  While raising their children in Overland Park, Dot taught preschool and worked as a director at several area children’s programs.  After the kids were raised and out of the house, Gordon and Dot enjoyed travelling and they spent several winters at beachside destinations.   Dot was a devoted Christian and always put others above herself.  She was a caring wife, mom, grandma, mema, sister, and friend.  She was many things to many people.  She truly loved her family and friends, and she was a blessing to all who knew her.

Dot is proceeded in death by her husband Gordon; and her sister Peggy.  She is survived by her four children: Bruce Wingerd, Meg (John) Boggs, Bowe (Penny) Wingerd, and Ann (Kyle) Burton, twelve grandchildren (Chris, Nicole, Sara, Kenny, Kady, Ian, Nathaniel, Clair, William, Jaime, Daniel, and Mary Grace), 14 great grandchildren, sister Ann (Bill) Burnett of Williamsburg, Virginia, brother-in-law Bruce (Jackie) Wingerd of Clay Center, Kansas, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Visitation is at 10:00 am and the funeral is at 11:00 am on Tuesday June 1 at Overland Park Baptist Temple.  Graveside service is at 1:00 pm at Johnson County Memorial Gardens.  Memorial donations may be made to the Overland Park Baptist Temple.