Dorothy Ann Jennings, 83, of Farmersburg, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, after a short illness. She was born Sept. 22, 1939, at home in rural Elkader, the oldest of two girls born to Ervin and Mildred (Meyer) Taake. Dorothy attended rural school in Clayton Center until it closed and then attended and graduated from Garnavillo High School in 1958. After graduation she attended Bayless Business College in Dubuque, and then worked for a law firm there and later at Interstate Power (now Alliant Energy) in Elkader.