A memorial service for Dorothy Rifenrath of Ft. Lauderdale, FL was held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, August 5 at St. Sebastian’s Catholic Church in Ft. Lauderdale. Interment was in Holy Cross Cemetery in South San Francisco, CA. Lindstrom Funeral Home handled the arrangements.

Dorothy, 80, died Wednesday, July 31, 2002 at her home of cancer.

Dorothy Mae Rifenrath was born June 30, 1922 in Glendive, MT, the daughter of Henry and Selma Rifenrath. Her family moved to Brainerd, MN when Dorothy was seven. She graduated from Washington High School in Brainerd in 1940 and entered the business world in Minneapolis, MN whre she resided from 1940 to 1988. Dorothy began her career with F.W. Wool-worth Co. as an accountant in 1941. in 1945, she joined Thiss Associates, Inc. as an accountant, was promoted to manager of the retail store and eventually became a partner, in 1971, Dorothy sold her interest in the Thiss business and co-founded a management consulting firm, Reuss, Thiss and Co., and in 1973, Med-Care Associates, a nursing home management company. In 1976 she received her Health Care Administrator’s license. She retired in 1988 and moved to Florida in 1990.

She is survived by two sisters: Irene Bertetta of South San Francisco, CA and Mary McGuire of Brainerd, MN and Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents; and three brothers: Henry, Erven, and Carl.

Source: Times Plain Dealer; Aug. 7, 2002 Page A-3
from Elma library collection assembled by Marian (Marr) McGee
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