The Home Front

By Don DeBat Creating beautiful art, breeding show dogs and rearing children were the highlights of Dorothy (Lou) DeBat Galbraith’s long life. My sister, nicknamed “Dot,” brother Alfred, and I grew up in the 1950s on tough, blue-collar Halsted Street in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood. Dot passed away quietly at age 87 on July 28th in rural Canton, IL. As a young teenager, Dorothy always dreamed of raising dogs and showing them at the “International Dog Show” that was held at