Funeral Services For Dorothy Mae Lorenz

A graveside inurnment for Dorothy Mae Lorenz will be 10:00 am Thursday, June 30, 2016 at the O'Neill Cemetery.

Dorothy died on December 6, 2015 in Oroville, California. Dorothy Mae Summers was born July 4, 1922, the oldest of eleven children. She and her family worked a farm all of her growing up years. After graduating from high school, Dorothy worked at various office jobs.

Dorothy and Glenn Lorenz married February 7, 1943, and, after his military service, moved back to the farm near O'Neill, Nebraska where they had two children, Virgil and Carlene. In 1956, they left the farm and moved to San Jose, California where, in 1958, their third child, Lorna, was born.

Dorothy continued working in a variety of office settings until her retirement in 1984 at which time she took enrichment classes such as needle work and flower arranging; she particularly liked roses. Glenn and Dorothy worked together growing and canning fruits and vegetables that they shared generously with others. She will be remembered for her warm smile and kind heart.
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Dorothy is survived by sisters Rosalie Ressel, Ethel Mae Strong, Katherine Hornback, Donna Tomadakis and Mary Grasso; brothers Carl and Glenn Summers; children Carlene (Gordon) McCarty and Lorna (Peter) Levy; grandchildren Andra Lorenz, Glenn (Wendy) Lorenz, Tom (Kristine) McCarty, Theresa Lynn (Michael) Eatmon, Kirsten Levy, Elliot Levy and great-grandchildren Libby, Isaac, Jakin, and Ellia Lorenz, Keira and Karise McCarty, Christopher and Isabella Eatmon.

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