Dorothy Langenwalter
Maryville |
Dorothy Ann Langenwalter, age 95, of Maryville, IL (formerly of Collinsville), born December 15, 1926, in Edwardsville, IL, passed away peacefully with family at her side on Friday, October 7, 2022, at Liberty Village Care Center in Maryville, IL.
Dorothy was a 1945 Edwardsville High School graduate. After high school, she worked for the St. Louis Post Dispatch. She married the love of her life, Floyd Arnold Langenwalter on May 15, 1949, and then was a homemaker. Dorothy volunteered in the church office at St. John United Church of Christ in Collinsville where she and her husband sponsored the youth group when their daughters were young. She was also a member of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, Eastern Star, and Daughters of the Nile.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Floyd, after 72 years of marriage; parents, Walter John and Alma B. (nee Warning) Schermann; sister and brother-in-law, Loretta (Glenn) Kruckeberg.
She is survived by her two daughters: Janet (Mitch) Boyce of Marine, IL, and Jane (Bob) Sudhoff of Highland, IL; four grandchildren: Beth (Scott) Heffren, Brian (Ashley) Boyce, Amy (Brian) Stoff and Christopher Sudhoff; six great-grandchildren: Riley and Reid Heffren, Erica and Morgan Boyce, Sawyer and Lily Stoff; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at Barry Wilson Funeral Home in Maryville, IL.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., immediately following the visitation, on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, at Barry Wilson Funeral Home, Maryville, IL, with Rev. Phil Kershner officiating. Burial will be at Lakeview Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Fairview Heights.
Memorial donations may be made to St. John United Church of Christ or ProMedica Hospice and will be accepted at the visitation or may be mailed to Barry Wilson Funeral home, 2800 N. Center Street, Maryville, IL 62062.
Condolences may be expressed to the family at barrywilsonfuneralhome.com
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