Dorothy M. Harbaugh

Dorothy was a former resident of the Meredith Home, Belleville, Il., She was a cafeteria manager at the Academy of Notre Dame. She retired from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital where she was a dietary manager. Dorothy was the oldest surviving parishioner at St. Luke Catholic Church, a member of Perpetual Help Soldality, membership chairman of AARP Chapter, 2827, member of PSOPand a Retired Senior Volunteer and a Pen Pal Club Member.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William J. Harbaugh, who died in 1980; her parents, John J. & Sephronia, nee Cass, Busby, a brother, William M. Busby; and two sisters, Rosalie E. Busby and Catherine M. Siekmann; a son-in-law, Robert Ross Cates and a daughter-in-law, Marilyn Harbaugh.

Surviving are her loving children, William D. (Dana) Harbaugh of Columbia, Il., and Rosalie Anne Cates of Belleville, Il., Grandchildren, Patricia A. (Jeffrey) Juengling, Robert G. (Sharon) Harbaugh, Susan M. (David) Davila and Jonathan C. Cates; great-grandchildren, Allyson Juengling, Benjamin & Tyler Harbaugh, Stewart, Eden, David, Daniel, Elise Davila; a niece, Betty (Tom) Bateman and many, many good friends.

Till we meet again, may God keep you in the palm of His hand.

Memorials may be made to St. Luke Catholic Church or to Hospice of Southern Illinois

Visitation: Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 P.M. on Friday, February 26, 2010 at St. Luke Catholic Church, 301 N. Church St. Belleville, Il

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 7:00 P.M. on Friday, February 26, 2010 at St. Luke Catholic Church with Father Eugene Neff officiating. Interment will be held privately at a later date in Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.

Valhalla Gaerdner-Holten Funeral Home, Belleville, IL