Dorothy M. Pitsch, 77, of Appleton, passed away peacefully of complications from Parkinson's Disease on Friday, April 6, 2007. We sadly said good-bye so she could join her beloved husband Joe in heaven.
Dorothy was born May 12, 1929, in Cleveland, WI, to Henry and Gertrude (Buchberger) Matthias. She graduated from Sheboygan High School in 1947.
On November 26, 1949, she was united in marriage to Joseph J. Pitsch at St. Wendel Catholic Church in Cleveland, WI. They lived in Cleveland, WI, Sycamore, IL, and Appleton, WI, where she loved, raised, and nurtured her ten children, twenty-six grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.
The Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11:00 am on Thursday, April 12, 2007, at St. Bernard Catholic Church, 1617 West Pine Street, Appleton with Rev. Dennis Ryan officiating. Family and friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday, April 11, from 4-8 pm, and again at the church on Thursday, from 10-11 am. A prayer service will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday at 7:00 pm. The interment will be held at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Appleton.
The family wishes to express their heartfelt gratitude to her kind neighbors, her caregivers, Mary, Angie, and Buya, the staff at Century Oaks in Darboy, and Affinity Hospice Services.
"I have loved and been loved, all the rest is background music". -Dorothy
Memorial gifts may be directed to: The National Parkinson Foundation, 1501 N.W. 9th Avenue/ Bob Hope Road, Miami, FL 331366-1494, 1-800-327-4545.
The Sheboygan Press, April 10, 2007
Dorothy M. Pitsch, 77, of Appleton, passed away peacefully of complications from Parkinson's Disease on Friday, April 6, 2007. We sadly said good-bye so she could join her beloved husband Joe in heaven.
Dorothy was born May 12, 1929, in Cleveland, WI, to Henry and Gertrude (Buchberger) Matthias. She graduated from Sheboygan High School in 1947.
On November 26, 1949, she was united in marriage to Joseph J. Pitsch at St. Wendel Catholic Church in Cleveland, WI. They lived in Cleveland, WI, Sycamore, IL, and Appleton, WI, where she loved, raised, and nurtured her ten children, twenty-six grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.
The Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 11:00 am on Thursday, April 12, 2007, at St. Bernard Catholic Church, 1617 West Pine Street, Appleton with Rev. Dennis Ryan officiating. Family and friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday, April 11, from 4-8 pm, and again at the church on Thursday, from 10-11 am. A prayer service will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday at 7:00 pm. The interment will be held at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Appleton.
The family wishes to express their heartfelt gratitude to her kind neighbors, her caregivers, Mary, Angie, and Buya, the staff at Century Oaks in Darboy, and Affinity Hospice Services.
"I have loved and been loved, all the rest is background music". -Dorothy
Memorial gifts may be directed to: The National Parkinson Foundation, 1501 N.W. 9th Avenue/ Bob Hope Road, Miami, FL 331366-1494, 1-800-327-4545.
The Sheboygan Press, April 10, 2007
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