Dorothy Ann Kreitzmann

Dorothy Ann Kreitzmann

Dorothy Kreitzmann Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Mar. 4, 2009.
Dorothy Ann Kreitzmann (nee Klecker), Dorothy, of Waukesha, died on Wednesday, March 4, 2009, at the Wisconsin Veterans Home in Union Grove, at the age of 82 years. Dorothy was born in Watertown on April 13, 1926, and married Earl Kreitzmann at St. Bernard's in Watertown on April 23, 1949. Dorothy and Earl would have celebrated their 60th anniversary in April. Dorothy was a kind and generous woman loved by many. She will be missed by her husband, Earl; her children, Christine (Phillip) Wittig of Mukwonago, Stephen (Betsy) of Tacoma, Wash., Barbara (Michael) Gregware of Waukesha, James (LeeAnn) of Puyallup, Wash., and David of Prairie du Sac; her grandchildren, Rebecca (Brian) Michelsen, Melissa Wittig, Jeremy Wittig, Jessica (Nathan) McCormick, William, Michelle Gregware, Justin (Kelsie) Gregware, KaSandra Reynolds, Aubrey, Krystal, Tanner and Emma; and her great-grandchildren, Leah, Blake Reynolds and John Thomas McCormick. She is further survived by her sister, Teresa McConville of Watertown, as well as a number of sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She is preceded in death by Rosemarie Boyum, Harold Klecker, Loretta Carroll, Margaret Bohlman, Lawrence Klecker, Cyril Klecker and Leon Klecker. A visitation will be held from 10:00 AM until the 11:00 AM Mass of Christian Burial on Monday, March 9, at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, 2400 W. Highway 59, Waukesha. The family wishes to thank the kind and caring staff of the Wisconsin Veterans Home for their ongoing support. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Wisconsin Veterans Home in Union Grove are requested by the family.

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