Mrs. JOHN (Dorothy Ferring) SCHWARTZHOFF 1919-2001

SCHWARTZHOFF, FERRING, EVENSON, TIERNEY, HAMMELL, SPINNER, LIVINGSTON, WINTERS

Posted By: Georgia Bruns
Date: 1/3/2004 at 20:59:28

Dorothy Schwartzhoff

June 06, 2001

Dorothy Ann (Ferring) Schwartzhoff, age 81 of Lansing, died suddenly at her home Tuesday, May 29, 2001. Funeral services were held Saturday, June 2 at Immaculate Conception Church in Lansing, with Fr. Daniel Knipper officiating.

Dorothy was born September 22, 1919 in rural Lansing to Henry and Inga (Evenson) Ferring. She married John (Jack) Schwartzhoff June 2, 1943 at Immaculate Conception Church in Lansing, and was a homemaker and a farm wife.

Surviving Dorothy are two sons, Neil of Wheaton, IL, and Stan (Dianna) Schwartzhoff of Lansing; a daughter, Cindy (Pat) Tierney of La Crosse, WI; and a daughter-in-law, Dorothy (Hammell) Schwartzhoff of Lansing; 11 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Also surviving are her three sisters, Helen Spinner and Betty Ferring of Lansing and Ruth Livingston of Harpers Ferry.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband Jack, two sons, Thomas and Robert, and her parents.

Pallbearers were her grandchildren, Michele, Craig (Christy) and Brent Schwartzhoff; John (Katina) Schwartzhoff; Lynnette (Corey) Schwartzhoff-Winters; Mike, Mark and Greg Tierney; and Adam, Keith and Amy Schwartzhoff. Honorary pallbearers were her great grandchildren, Theresa, Elizabeth and Ashley Schwartzhoff; Alivia, Lilian and T. Aidan Winters; and Tyler Schwartzhoff.

Dorothy will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.

Thornburg-Hanson Funeral Home of Lansing assisted the family.