Dorothy Mae Irene Anschutz

Dorothy Mae Irene (Kramer) Anschutz, 97, of Sturgeon Bay was called home to her final resting place in Heaven, with Our Dear Lord on March 21st, 2025, with her loved ones by her side. Dorothy was born May 26th 1927, to the late John and Lillian (Bushman) Kramer in Maplewood, in the township of Forestville. Dorothy went to Sturgeon Bay School where she would go on to graduate from High School. She would go on to meet and marry the once in a lifetime love Alfred Anschutz in 1946 at St. Peters Lutheran Church in Sturgeon Bay where she was a member her entire life.
Dorothy would tell stories about how she cherry picked in Door County for her wedding attire, worked beside her husband on their family farm, and were blessed with two beautiful daughters, whom they would watch grow up and have families of their own. Dorothy spent years working in different factories in Door County, from the Shoe Factory to her time at Emerson from where she would eventually retire.
Dorothy loved to crochet, knit, gardening, especially tending to the flower garden Alfred made for her, she loved her Green Bay Packers and Wisconsin Badgers, she also loved to go to rummage sales where she would find the most beautiful treasures. She loved her family so very much, she would tell you she didn't have a favorite that she loved and cherished them all equally. Dorothy's love for our Lord was undeniable and unbreakable. She spent years on different church committees, was a Sunday school teacher and didn't miss church whether in person or listening to services on the radio.
Dorothy leaves behind her daughters, Darlene (Daniel) Fernandez and Daun (Ivan) Renier; grandchildren, Christopher (Suzie) Fernandez, Tracie (Joe) Yant, Carrie Fernandez, Trinity (Nick) Wolfe, Tera (Dave) Bosetski, Aaron Renier, Angela (Nicholas Lettie) Renier-Lettie; great-grandchildren, Michaella (Mikhail) Marsh, Garrett, Owen and Gavin Fernandez, Logan Pagels, Alexis Burk, Christian Burk, Payton, Nevaeh and Justice Renier-Lettie, Isaiah and Johnny Renier, great- great- grandchildren, Johnny and Blessing Yant, Mikhail Jr. and Josiyah Marsh, Jasper and Azalea Fifer. She also appreciated extended family, friends and neighbors.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband Alfred Anschutz (U.S Army WWII veteran), her father and mother John and Lillian Kramer, her siblings, Margaret Schroeder, Lester Kramer, Evelyn Lautenbach, Lloyd Kramer, Harold Kramer, and their families; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, aunts and uncles, cousins and all extended family and friends. She was also preceded in death by her beautiful great-granddaughter Ginnie Fernandez.
Funeral services will be 11:00 am Thursday, March 27, 2025, at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in Sturgeon Bay, burial will at Bayside Cemetery. Friends may call at the church from 10:00 am until the time of service on Thursday. Forbes Funeral Home is assisting the family.
The family of Dorothy would like to thank Door County EMS, St. Peters Lutheran Church, Aurora Baycare, Door County Memorial Hospital, Neighbor to Neighbor, Ascension/Compassus Hospice, RN Tanya McDaniel, Forbes Funeral Home and Fire Chief Richie Olson.
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