Dorothy Traynor Brechtel's Obituary
DOROTHY TRAYNOR BRECHTEL, 87, MEMPHIS, TN, ORIGINALLY FROM CHICAGO, IL, PASSED AWAY ON 2-19-14 PEACEFULLY AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. VISITATION WILL BEGIN AT 11:30 AM WITH FUNERAL SERVICES TO BEGIN AT1:00 PM ON SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2014, AT MEMORIAL PARK FUNERAL HOME. BURIAL TO BE ON MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2014, AT 9:30 AM AT THE WEST TN VETERANS CEMETERY. SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, WILLIAM, OF 62 YRS. SHE LEAVES HER THREE CHILDREN: WILLIAM BRECHTEL OF CHANHASSEN, MN, BARBARA BOSTELMANN OF ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL, AND LYNN (GARY) LEVITON OF GERMANTOWN, TN. SHE ALSO LEAVES FIVE GRANDCHILDREN; LYNNE (BRIAN) DUDZINSKI, LESLIE (MIKE) BADEAUX, AMY (CHRIS)SHELLEY, DANA (JOSH) MERDES, AND DAVID LEVITON. TEN GREAT-GRAND CHILDREN; MICHAELA, KILEY, BRYCEN, NATHAN, MAYA, TYLER, LILY, TYLER, KENDALL, AND BABY BOY MERDES. FOUR OF HER BROTHERS PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER BROTHER BOB (BETTY) TRAYNOR, AND HER SISTER FLORENCE (LATE HANS) TRAYNOR-BRECHTEL BOTH OF CHICAGO, IL. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS THE FAMILY REQUESTS DONATIONS BE MADE TO MRS. BRECHTEL’S TWO FAVORITE CHARITIES. ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OR, IN MEMORY OF HER LATE GRAND-NIECE: THE KATIE TRAYNOR, RN, SCHOLARSHIP FUND AT: COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF GREATER LAFAYETTE, www.cfglaf.orgFuneral arrangements have been entrusted to Memorial Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, 5668 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN 38119, (901)767-8930, “Behind the Stone Wall”
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