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Dorothy V. Meier

 

PORTAGE – Dorothy V. Meier, age 97, died on Monday, May 9, 2011, at Tivoli, in Portage.

Dorothy was born on March 1, 1914, in Milwaukee, the daughter of Henry and Hattie Krueger Engbring.  She married Fred Meier on May 18, 1940.  He preceded her in death on May 21, 1996. Dorothy had been employed as a librarian, and she was a wonderful seamstress. She was a member of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Portage.   

Dorothy is survived by her daughters, Nancy (Michael) Dorl, Belleville, Cheryl (Michael) Benusa, Cochrane, and Susan (Joe) Schesny, Portage; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; her brothers, Jerome (Lucy) Engbring, Valmeyer, Il., and Dr. Norman (Virginia) Engbring, Elm Grove; her half-brother, Dennis Engbring, Arizona, other relatives and many friends.  Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Fred, and a daughter, Jane Meier.

A Memorial Service will be held at 12:30 p.m., on Saturday, May 14, 2011, at Tivoli, in Portage, with Rev. Dan Kelm officiating. Burial was held in Arlington Cemetery in Greenfield.  The Pflanz Mantey Mendrala Funeral Home in Portage is assisting the family.   

 

 

 

 

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