Dorothy M. Wolters

Visitation - Sunday, July 12, 2009 from 4 PM to 8 PM
               Monday, July 13 from 8 AM to 9:30 AM
Hempen Funeral Home - Aviston, IL

Funeral Mass - Monday, July 13, 2009 at 10 AM
St. Francis Catholic Church - Aviston, IL
 

Dorothy M. Wolters, 81, of Aviston, died Thursday, July 9, 2009 at Washington County Hospital in Nashville.  She was born October 31, 1927 in Damiansville daughter of Joseph and Mary (Wiegmann) Moss.  She married Otto H. Wolters on May 3, 1950 in Aviston and he survives in Aviston. 

In addition to her husband she is survived by a daughter, Patricia (Allen) Foppe of Belleville; two grandchildren, Curt (Kei) Foppe of Yuma, AZ and Jill Foppe of Chicago; a great-grandson, Luke Foppe; sisters-in-law & brothers-in-law, Shirley Moss of Aviston, Henrietta Beckmann of Aviston, Jean Wolters of Albers, Helen Wolters of Breese, Ray Becker of Bartelso, and Albert Becker of Germantown; she is also survived by nieces & nephews. 

She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Alvin Moss and Arnold Moss; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Edward Wolters, Raymond & Trudy Wolters, Edna  & Otto Rosen, Bernard  Wolters, Sylvia Becker, Victor Wolters, Mary Ann Becker, Wilbert and Rose Ann Wolters, Edward Beckmann, and Sally and August Barth. 

Before her retirement Mrs. Wolters was a clerk at Lager & Brefeld Stores and also Zobrist Market all in Aviston.  She was a member of St. Francis Parish and the Ladies Altar Sodality in Aviston..

 Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, July 13, 2009 at St. Francis Catholic Church in Aviston with Rev. Dan Friedman officiating.  Burial will follow at St. Francis Cemetery in Aviston. 

Friends may call from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m., Sunday, July 12, 2009 and from 8 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. Monday, July 13, 2009 at Hempen Funeral Home in Aviston.  There will be a prayer service at 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. 

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association,  Althoff High School or  Mater Dei High School and will be received at the funeral home.