DOROTHY LOUISE HOLTZMAN

DOROTHY LOUISE (BADE) HOLTZMAN, of Angola, Ind. and Decatur, Ga., passed away on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014, in her home at Clair-mont Oaks Senior Living, in Decatur. Born Nov. 30, 1916, in Fort Wayne, she was a daughter of Oscar and Agnes (Foley) Bade. She had one brother, Richard Bade (deceased) of Fort Wayne and one sister, Virginia Wheeler of Milwaukee, Wis. Dorothy was raised in Milwaukee, Wis. and Fort Wayne. She attended Bloomingdale Elementary School in Fort Wayne, and graduated from Wayne Central High School, class of 1934. She married Clark Watson Holtzman Jr., also of Fort Wayne, on Aug. 11, 1938. Early in their marriage, Dorothy and Clark lived in Fort Wayne; then in the 1940s moved to Napoleon, Ohio, where they started and operated Holtzman Chick Sexing Service, a business serving farms in Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Iowa. They next moved to Angola, Ind., in 1951, where together Dorothy and Clark started a variety of businesses over a 30-year span, including Holtzman Hatchery, Inc. (1950s); Angola Feed & Grain, Inc. (1950s-60s); Garden City Depot, Inc. (1960s); and Holtzman Construction Co. (1970s-1980s). Dorothy was a founding member of Calvary Lutheran Church, ELCA, in Angola, where she also organized and taught Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, and Catechism to three generations of children. She was a leader in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA), Northeastern Indiana District, a lifelong member of the Psi Iota Psi Sorority, and active in the Steuben COunty, Indiana Democratic Party. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Dorothy and Clark traveled the world together as Peace Corps volunteers and Mission Builders. In the Peace Corps, they worked in Peru, Botswana and Sierra Leone, helping to build community infrastructure and train local entrepreneurs in small business management. Dorothy and Clark then helped to build churches in the Central African Republic and in northern Georgia (USA) with the ELCA's Mission Builders program. Dorothy is survived by six children, Jon Clark Holtzman of Greensboro, Ga., Anthony Jock Holtzman of Huntington, Ind., Samuel Miles Holtzman of Mukilteo, Wash., Suzette Hearn of Lilburn, Ga., Clark Watson Holtzman III of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Joel Richard Holtzman of Tucker, Ga.; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held after the second service on Sunday, May 24, 2015, at Calvary Lutheran Church, 1301 Williams St., Angola. Burial is Monday, May 25, 2015, at Lindenwood Cemetery, 2324 W. Main St., Fort Wayne (IN 46808). Condolences may be sent to Suzette Hearn at 566 Beth Court, Lilburn, GA 30247. A memorial gift may be made in any amount, in Dorothy's name, to Calvary Lutheran Church, 1301 Williams St., Angola IN 47603. "God bless Dorothy Holtzman, our mother, best friend, mentor, teacher, and inspiration."