Dorothy Forte, 88, former Statler Hotel restaurant hostess

Dorothy Forte sang and danced at nursing homes and senior centers throughout Northeast Ohio with her dance partner, Bob Norton, from the early 1990s until 2006.

Forte, whose maiden name was Bostic, performed professionally as a teenager in the late 1930s as part of the Bostic Trio with her brother, Milton, and sister, Diana.

They did their song-and-dance routines as a threesome and also demonstrated ballroom dancing at supper club floor shows from Pittsburgh to Cleveland until 1943.

Forte, who died Jan. 29 at age 88, went on to do a solo act as Dottie Bostic, Queen of Song.

The Mayfield Heights resident later served as a restaurant hostess at the Statler Hotel for more than 30 years.

She was born May 31, 1922, in Pittsburgh.

Forte is survived by her nephew, Robert Vogt; niece, Denise "DeDe" Vogt; and dance partner, Bob Norton of Euclid. Her husband, Phillip, is deceased.

Services were held at DiCicco & Sons Funeral Home, Mayfield Heights.