Dolores (Dee/Dolly) Goss Chaplin

CHAPLIN, GOSS, ROHRET, SCHEETZ, JOGODKA, EVANS, CONNER, MIZE, BERTLING

Posted By: Tara (email)
Date: 1/19/2012 at 09:35:19

Dolores (Dee/Dolly) Goss Chaplin, 76, died peacefully on Saturday, January 14th, 2012 at her home in Coralville. Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday January 17th,, 2012 at 11:00am, St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Cosgrove with Father Dunn officiating. Visitation will be Monday January 16th from 4-8 pm at Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City, with a rosary and vigil service starting at 7:30. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be directed to Iowa City Hospice.
Dolores was born on January 13th, 1936 in Oxford, Iowa the daughter of Paul and Marguerite (Rohret) Scheetz. She spent most of her life in Oxford, where she then graduated from Cosgrove High School in 1954.
Dolores married Lloyd Chaplin on October 13, 1978. She worked as a Housing Coordinator for Benton County HACAP for many years until her retirement in 1998. Dolores was a long time member of St. Peter’s Church in Cosgrove, Iowa.
Dolores had many hobbies, such as fishing, camping, dancing, painting and singing. She was also a very avid card player. She especially enjoyed spending time with her family and friends.
Survivors include her 4 daughters; Linda Goss (Tom Jogodka)of Minneapolis MN, Cindy (Mike) Evans of North Liberty, Jean Conner (John) of Iowa City, Jackie (Sam) Mize of Naperville, Illinois; 2 sons, Tom (Carole) Goss of West Branch, Bill (Barb) Goss of Oxford, a sister Virginia (Norbert) Bertling, of Coralville, 2 brothers; Paul (Lynnette) Scheetz of Cedar Rapids, Joe(Deb) Scheetz of Oxford, and 13 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
Dolores was preceded in death by her parents, husband and infant son James.