 1923 - 2012 (88 years)
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| Name |
Dorothy Kathryn Hoster |
| Born |
16 Aug 1923 |
Maidencreek Township, Berks county, Pennsylvania  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
20 Feb 2012 |
Kutztown, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
| Person ID |
I095929 |
Strausstown Roots |
| Last Modified |
30 Dec 2012 |
| Father |
Reuben Monroe Hoster, b. 03 May 1885, d. Mar 1980, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 94 years) |
| Mother |
Laura S Keller, b. 30 Oct 1892, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 26 Jan 1959, Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 66 years) |
| Family ID |
F30617 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Warren Franklin Bagenstose, b. 08 Jul 1918, Centre Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 18 Nov 1981, Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 63 years) |
| Married |
06 Jan 1940 |
Bernville, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
| Children |
| + | 1. Mary Ella Bagenstose, b. 15 Mar 1940, West Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 31 May 2002, Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 62 years) |
| | 2. Living |
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| Last Modified |
30 Dec 2012 |
| Family ID |
F31789 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Wendel D Zerr, b. 08 Jan 1897, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada , d. 04 Nov 1969, Hamburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 72 years) |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
21 Feb 2012 |
| Family ID |
F32101 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S2] Reading Eagle, 21 Feb 2012.
Dorothy K. Zerr, age 88, of Hamburg, Pa., died peacefully of natural causes in the Kutztown Manor Nursing Home on February 20, 2012, where she resided for the past year.
"Mom" or "Dottie", as she was usually called, was born in Maidencreek Township at home on the farm on August 16, 1923. She was the daughter of the late Reuben M. & Laura S. (Keller) Hoster.
She is survived by her longtime live-in companion, Walter J. Faust, daughter, Bernice (Bagenstose) Boyer, wife of Daniel Boyer, of Hamburg; and son, Richard L. Zerr, husband of Kimball "Dinkel" Zerr, also of Hamburg.
She is also survived by two sisters, Edith (Hoster) Reppert and Irene (Hoster) Flammer; and one brother, William Hoster.
She is also survived by three grandchildren: Lynn A. (Groh) Tschappat, Ruth T. (Groh) Brown, and Tana K. (Zerr) Connolly. There also are three great-grandchildren.
Mom or Dottie was preceded in death by her first husband, Warren F. Bagenstose, her second husband, Wendel D. Zerr, known as "Kingfish", both of whom owned and operated the Port Clinton Hotel up until 1966, and one daughter, Mary (Bagenstose) Groh. She is also preceded in death by two sisters, Ellen Engel and Laura Oberly, and four brothers: Theodore "Ted" Hoster, Charles "Chuck" Hoster, Howard Hoster and Leroy Hoster.
Mom loved cleaning, gardening, fishing, and most of all cooking a meal for someone. In all her years she never said a bad word about anyone. She would help anyone, even a complete stranger. She lived a simple happy life and never asked for anything for herself, which is a thing of the past.
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