Services will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, February 4, at Peace Lutheran Church with Pastor Stephen Rynearson officiating. Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Park. Visitation will be 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., Sunday, February 3, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home Garden Room.
Dorothy was born January 19, 1931, in Riesel, Texas, to Edward and Elsa Meyer Abel. She was educated at Riesel schools and 4-C Business College. Dorothy was united in marriage on October 28, 1950, to Edward Paar. To this marriage was born two children, Kenneth and Brenda.
Dorothy worked for American Income Life Insurance, Great American Reserve and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. She retired in 1996. Dorothy and Ed enjoyed square dancing and, in later years, camping in their motorhome with the Kountry Kampers Camping Club. Dorothy and Ed were charter members of Peace Lutheran Church, Hewitt, Texas.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Edward.
Dorothy is survived by a daughter, Brenda Rhodes and husband, Jimmy, of Waco, Texas; son, Ken Paar, and wife, Linda, of Arlington, Texas; grandchildren Jenny Horne and husband, Lear, Kristen Northern and husband, Jeremiah, Ashlee Richardson and husband, Jeff, and Jamie Rhodes and wife, Simran; and great-grandchildren, Davison, Olivia Horne, Jasmine Rhodes and Jase Richardson. She is also survived by one brother, Erwin Abel of Waco; and by many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Obituary published online 31 Jan 2019 by Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, Waco, Texas.
Services will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, February 4, at Peace Lutheran Church with Pastor Stephen Rynearson officiating. Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Park. Visitation will be 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., Sunday, February 3, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home Garden Room.
Dorothy was born January 19, 1931, in Riesel, Texas, to Edward and Elsa Meyer Abel. She was educated at Riesel schools and 4-C Business College. Dorothy was united in marriage on October 28, 1950, to Edward Paar. To this marriage was born two children, Kenneth and Brenda.
Dorothy worked for American Income Life Insurance, Great American Reserve and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. She retired in 1996. Dorothy and Ed enjoyed square dancing and, in later years, camping in their motorhome with the Kountry Kampers Camping Club. Dorothy and Ed were charter members of Peace Lutheran Church, Hewitt, Texas.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Edward.
Dorothy is survived by a daughter, Brenda Rhodes and husband, Jimmy, of Waco, Texas; son, Ken Paar, and wife, Linda, of Arlington, Texas; grandchildren Jenny Horne and husband, Lear, Kristen Northern and husband, Jeremiah, Ashlee Richardson and husband, Jeff, and Jamie Rhodes and wife, Simran; and great-grandchildren, Davison, Olivia Horne, Jasmine Rhodes and Jase Richardson. She is also survived by one brother, Erwin Abel of Waco; and by many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Obituary published online 31 Jan 2019 by Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, Waco, Texas.
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