1926
Dorothy
2023
Dorothy M. Peterson
April 5, 1926 — January 22, 2023
Dorothy (Dottie) Peterson (neé Frost), 96. Resident of Bartlett, IL, for over 70 years. Loving mother of Bill (Janice), Paul (Janice M.), and Dianne (Robert Nishikawa) Peterson; proud grandmother of Karen (Dennis Pierce) Peterson, Jason (Susanne) Peterson, Kristen (Shawn) McCarty, Anaïs Peterson, Boomba Nishikawa, and great-granddaughter, Lily Peterson.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband Rodger and her seven brothers (Kennith, David, Fred, Earl, Ray, Warren, and Jack).
Dorothy was born at home April 5, 1926, in Des Plaines, IL, and died peacefully on January 22, 2023, in Pittsburgh, PA, with her daughter by her side.
Visitation Friday, February 3, 4:00 to 8:30 p.m. Countryside Funeral Home, 950 South Bartlett Road, Bartlett.
Funeral service 11:00 a.m. (viewing at 10:00 a.m.) Immanuel United Church of Christ, 415 W. North Avenue, Bartlett.
Interment at Bartlett Cemetery.
Dorothy never met a cookie she didn’t like, and with that in mind we welcome all bakers to bake a dozen in her honor!
And IF you choose, please bring your cookies to share at her wake. All cookies will be appreciated and none will go to waste! Cookies will be shared (following in Dorothy’s footsteps): at her church’s coffee hour (where she lead coffee hour for many years!), with “the old people” as she would often say, and at the soup kitchen (as she herself did for years).
In lieu of flowers donations kindly accepted at any of the following:
• Immanuel United Church of Christ, Bartlett, Illinois.
http://bit.ly/IUCCbartDonate
• Alzheimer’s Disease Research. https://www.adrc.pitt.edu
• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
https://givenow.lls.org/give/342076/#!/donation/checkout
Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband Rodger and her seven brothers (Kennith, David, Fred, Earl, Ray, Warren, and Jack).
Dorothy was born at home April 5, 1926, in Des Plaines, IL, and died peacefully on January 22, 2023, in Pittsburgh, PA, with her daughter by her side.
Visitation Friday, February 3, 4:00 to 8:30 p.m. Countryside Funeral Home, 950 South Bartlett Road, Bartlett.
Funeral service 11:00 a.m. (viewing at 10:00 a.m.) Immanuel United Church of Christ, 415 W. North Avenue, Bartlett.
Interment at Bartlett Cemetery.
Dorothy never met a cookie she didn’t like, and with that in mind we welcome all bakers to bake a dozen in her honor!
And IF you choose, please bring your cookies to share at her wake. All cookies will be appreciated and none will go to waste! Cookies will be shared (following in Dorothy’s footsteps): at her church’s coffee hour (where she lead coffee hour for many years!), with “the old people” as she would often say, and at the soup kitchen (as she herself did for years).
In lieu of flowers donations kindly accepted at any of the following:
• Immanuel United Church of Christ, Bartlett, Illinois.
http://bit.ly/IUCCbartDonate
• Alzheimer’s Disease Research. https://www.adrc.pitt.edu
• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
https://givenow.lls.org/give/342076/#!/donation/checkout
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Dorothy M. Peterson, please visit our flower store.
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