May 6, 2021
Dorothy B. Venter
SOUTHBURY – Dorothy Barnum Venter, of Southbury, died peacefully in her home at Pomperaug Woods on April 27, 2021. She was 107 years old, and she lived an incredibly rich and meaningful life.
She was born six years before women were granted the right to vote, a right she never took for granted. She saw Civil War veterans march in parades as a child, survived two pandemics and two world wars, attended college during the Great Depression, and witnessed many world-altering events over the last century.
Born in Naugatuck to the late Earl M. and Louise Hendrickson Barnum, she was a graduate of Naugatuck High School and Sweet Briar College in Virginia. She shared 45 very happy years with her beloved husband, the late Cmdr. Josiah G. Venter, U.S. Naval Academy, 1912.