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Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Holtz, Dorothy M.
Dorothy M. Holtz, 88, of Clarence, died May 3, 2011, at the Clarence Nursing Home. Funeral services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 7, at St. John's United Church of Christ, Clarence, with the Rev. David Mears officiating. Burial: St. John's Cemetery. Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Chapman Funeral Home in Clarence.
She married Edward Holtz on Nov. 8, 1941, in Lowden. He died Aug. 11, 1996.
Survivors include a son, Joel and wife Karen Long of Denver, Colo.; daughters, Donna (Robert) Schroeder of Clarence and Sheryl (Bill) Paterson of Indianola; seven grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, a brother and a sister.
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