DOROTHY RUTH MESZAROS OF THE WOODLANDS, TX DIED ON OCTOBER 6TH, 2023 IN CARMEL, NEW YORK. SHE WAS 80 YEARS OLD.

DOROTHY (DOTTIE) WAS BORN ON APRIL 17, 1943, AT ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS TO THE REV ARTHUR C. AND MINNIE REPP. SHE GRADUATED FROM LUTHERAN CENTRAL IN ST. LOUIS, MO IN 1961 AND WENT ON TO STUDY AT VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY IN INDIANA.

SHE FURTHERED HER EDUCATION AT ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE IN WEST HARTFORD, CT FOCUSING ON ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. SHE SPENT 19 YEARS AS THE PRESCHOOL DIRECTOR FOR BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH IN WEST HARTFORD, CT. WHICH SHE RETIRED FROM IN DECEMBER 1999.

SHE MARRIED HER SPOUSE, JIM, ON FEBRUARY 20, 1965 IN ST LOUIS, MO AND HAD THREE CHILDREN; JAMES SCOTT, WHO IS DECEASED, JAMES MICHAEL (MIKE) OF CINCINNATI, OH AND ELIZABETH MARIE OF THE WOODLANDS, TX.

HER FAVORITE PASTIME WAS TO SPEND TIME WITH HER FOUR GRANDCHILDREN JOSHUA, MORGAN, CADEN AND RHYS. SHE LOVED THEM DEARLY AND REGULARLY SENT THEM GOODIE BOXES.

SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2023 AT LORD OF LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCH, 3801 S. PANTHER CREEK DR, THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS 77381 AT 11:00 AM WITH REFRESHMENTS AND FELLOWSHIP TO FOLLOW. SHE WILL BE INTERNED IN THE HOUSTON NATIONAL CEMETERY ON MONDAY OCTOBER 30 AT 11:15AM.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BE GENEROUS TO THE JUVENILE DIABETES FOUNDATION 200 VESEY STREET, 28TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10281.