Dorothy Jean Straub1
F, #26578, b. 6 July 1926, d. 29 July 2015
Last Edited=11 Jan 2019
Her married name was Kissinger.1 Dorothy Jean Straub was born on 6 July 1926, Gratz, Dauphin County, PA.2 Some sources record that Dorothy Jean Straub was born on 16 July 1926.3 She was baptized on 7 August 1926, Zion (Klinger's) Church, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.3 She married Kermit Wilson Kissinger on 15 December 1945, Zion (Klinger's) Church, Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, PA.4 Dorothy Jean Straub died on 29 July 2015, at age 89.5,2
Newspaper obituary:
Dorothy J. Kissinger, 89, of Duncannon, passed away on Wednesday, July 29, 2015. She was the wife of the late Kermit Kissinger.
Dorothy was born in Gratz on July 6, 1926, a daughter to the late Clarence G. and Cora A. (Jacobs) Straub.
She worked hard raising her family of 6 children and doting on her husband. She enjoyed cooking and baking, gardening, and camping with her husband and friends. She was an avid reader and read almost every James Patterson novel. Dorothy had a love of cats and was a mother to them as well.
Surviving her are her children, Dolores Clark (Roy), Richard Kissinger (Deborah), Dennis Kissinger (Mary), Bonita Kissinger (Jerome), Gregory Kissinger (Patricia), and Michelle Corsnitz (Bill, Jr.); 9 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; sister, Carolyn Romberger (Carl); and nieces and nephews.
Services and burial will be private and at the convenience of the family. Ronald C. L. Smith Funeral Home, Duncannon, is handling the arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be offered to Hospice of Central PA, 1320 Linglestown Rd., Harrisburg, PA 17110; or to Kinkora Pythian Nursing Home "Auxiliary Fund", 25 Cove Rd., Duncannon, PA 17020.
Published on Pennlive.com and in The Patriot-News on Aug. 2, 2015.2
Newspaper obituary:
Dorothy J. Kissinger, 89, of Duncannon, passed away on Wednesday, July 29, 2015. She was the wife of the late Kermit Kissinger.
Dorothy was born in Gratz on July 6, 1926, a daughter to the late Clarence G. and Cora A. (Jacobs) Straub.
She worked hard raising her family of 6 children and doting on her husband. She enjoyed cooking and baking, gardening, and camping with her husband and friends. She was an avid reader and read almost every James Patterson novel. Dorothy had a love of cats and was a mother to them as well.
Surviving her are her children, Dolores Clark (Roy), Richard Kissinger (Deborah), Dennis Kissinger (Mary), Bonita Kissinger (Jerome), Gregory Kissinger (Patricia), and Michelle Corsnitz (Bill, Jr.); 9 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; sister, Carolyn Romberger (Carl); and nieces and nephews.
Services and burial will be private and at the convenience of the family. Ronald C. L. Smith Funeral Home, Duncannon, is handling the arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be offered to Hospice of Central PA, 1320 Linglestown Rd., Harrisburg, PA 17110; or to Kinkora Pythian Nursing Home "Auxiliary Fund", 25 Cove Rd., Duncannon, PA 17020.
Published on Pennlive.com and in The Patriot-News on Aug. 2, 2015.2
Children of Dorothy Jean Straub and Kermit Wilson Kissinger
Citations
- [S764] Elsie Klinger Eaves. Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database. Data downloaded February 3, 2010. Hereinafter cited as Elsie Klinger Eaves Family Database.
- [S1117] Kissinger, Dorothy J., Obituary, Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA, August 2, 2015. Hereinafter cited as Dorothy J. Kissinger Obituary.
- [S147] Irwin R. Klinger, Zion (Klinger's) Church History (Erdman, PA: Zion (Klinger's) Church, 1987), pt. 2, p. 205. Hereinafter cited as Klinger's Church History.
- [S147] Irwin R. Klinger, Klinger's Church History, pt. 2, p. 231.
- [S1147] Online Obituary for Dorothy J. Kissinger, The News Item (Shamokin, PA), 17 Sep 2015, http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsitem/obituary.aspx