Dolores Elaine Fritzsche

Dolores Elaine Fritzsche, age 88, of Chandler, AZ, passed away October 11, 2026. Dolores was born in March 1938 in Racine, WI, to Henry Kober and Frieda Seifert. In 1943, the Kober family moved to a farm in Hortonville, WI, where Dolores attended grade school and was confirmed in baptism at Bethlehem Lutheran Church.

In 1956, Dolores graduated as Valedictorian from Hortonville High School (WI), and in 1960, received her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Wisconsin State College at Oshkosh, WI. Following college, Dolores initially began teaching elementary school in Manitowoc, WI. Around the summer of 1961, she moved to Phoenix, AZ and began teaching elementary school in Glendale, AZ.

In August 1962, she was married to Werner Fritzsche (AZ), until his passing in March 1995. In January 1968, she and husband Werner moved with her son Tom from Phoenix to Chandler, AZ where she became faithfully involved as a life-long member of her church family at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. In 1974, her second son Tim was born, and during these years, she continued teaching elementary school in Chandler Public Schools and later at Chandler Christian School located at the Chandler First Church of the Nazarene.

After retiring from teaching, Dolores continued to be active working at Chandler Flowers, and being involved in a variety of group activities within her church including Handbell Choir, Caring Ministry, Griefshare, and many other Bible Study groups.

Dolores is survived by her sons Tom Fritzsche (AL) and Tim Fritzsche (AZ), niece Hannah Hintz (TX), daughter-in-laws Christine Fritzsche (AL) and Shawna Fritzsche (AZ), grandsons and granddaughter Sarah (SC), Tyler (AL), Grant (OK) and Ethan Fritzsche (TX), and Jenaya Leonard (SC), Blake, Crayton, Caimbryn, and Breya Fritzsche (AZ), and other relatives and friends. Dolores was pre-deceased by her husband Werner, her parents Henry and Frieda, her step-father Floyd Abraham, and her sister Jane Kober.

Dolores’ personal life verse was Isaiah 12:2 – “Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.”

In lieu of flowers or gifts, the family asks that any donations be made to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church’s Caring Ministry, which she both participated in and benefitted from over many years.

A memorial service will be held at 2 pm on Saturday, November 14, 2026 at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chandler, AZ, with a reception to follow.