Dorothy Worth
March 12, 1926 ~ October 10, 2011
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Dorothy J. Worth, 85, of Gettysburg, passed away Monday, October 10, 2011 at the Oahe Manor in Gettysburg.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Friday, October 14, 2011 at the United Methodist Church, Gettysburg, with Pastor Jeff Adel officiating. Burial followed in the Gettysburg Cemetery. Visitation was held from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m., Thursday, October 13, 2011 at the Luce Funeral Home, Gettysburg.
Dorothy J. Worth was born March 12, 1926 to John Fredrick and Robbie May (Harvey) Worth in Potter County. She attended school in Gettysburg, graduating from Gettysburg High School. Following her schooling Dorothy began her career at the Potter County Courthouse; first as the deputy county accessor, then as the County Accessor until her retirement.
Most of Dorothy’s life was spent on the family farm, where she helped care for her aging parents. Here she also enjoyed mowing the yard, daily coffee with her brothers and Sunday dinners with the family. In her spare time she loved to put puzzles together and spending time crocheting. Each year she spent a lot of time picking out Christmas gifts and wrapping them all for her many nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews. She did a great job of keeping up with their interests and likes and matching her gifts to them accordingly. One thing about Dorothy is she would never sweat the little things in life!
She was a member of the United Methodist Church, the Am. Legion Auxiliary and the Rebekah’s Lodge.
Dorothy is survived by her brother: Dean (Dottie) Worth of Gettysburg; sister-in-law Marvel Worth of Gettysburg and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers: Wayne, Robert and Quentin Worth; and five sisters: Florence Stankey, Myrtle Mertz, Katherine Mangin, Lucy Worth and D. Lorraine Schnunner.
Luce Funeral Home of Gettysburg has been entrusted with Dorothy’s arrangements.
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So sad to hear of my aunts passing…she was a real treasure, I’ll always remember our summer lunch hours together…she always came to my folks house for lunch while she was working at the court house…while my mom was in summer school I was in charge of lunch…always felt sorry for her since my cooking skills were not so great during my high school years:) Miss you Dorothy….
Dorothy was a kind and gentle woman that loved feeding her deer and squirrels. She kept track of the activities at the Manor and was always so pleasant while there. Sympathy to her family.