Dolores Yvette Piterak, 90, passed away peacefully on October 17, 2026. Dolly was born on September 27, 1936, in Manchester, New Hampshire, as the first child of Alfred and Juliette Boufford. Dolly leaves behind her two daughters, Lisa (husband Jeff, grandchildren Nicole and Derek), and Lynne (fiance David, grandson James Evan). Dolly was preceded in death by her husband, Frederick Piterak. She also leaves behind Dan Scott and her sister Florence Grazer, and numerous cousins.
When Dolly was young she worked hard by supporting her parents in Manchester, Hampshire. After high school, Dolly and Fred met at a dance hall and found that they shared the love of dancing. They married on June 20, 1959, and moved out to Downey, California, then eventually settling down in Placentia, California where she lived for more than 62 years. Dolly was also fortunate to find love for a second time with Dan and they met at a New Year's Eve party dancing and had been together for over ten years.
During this time, Dolly volunteered a tremendous amount of time throughout her life. Volunteering for the St. Joseph's Catholic church, Pope Paul II Polish church, Ladies of Maria, Director of Girl Scouts for North Orange County, Damas De Caridad, and the Red Hat Society.
But the work that she was most proud of was volunteering at St. Jude Hospital where she volunteered over 1,000 hours in the maternity ward for over twenty years and her name is display on the hospital wall for all her service.
Also, Dolly loved to dance as she was a member of the Racquetball World, Rocketts, which was a group of ladies of a certain age, where they performed on stages all over Orange County for various events for over five years.
Dolly loved to travel, especially cruising throughout the world, countless times to Europe, Australia, Japan, China just to name a few. But her second home was her beloved Puerto Vallarta, Mexico her favorite annual trip she loved that ocean view.
Dolly's family will forever treasure the beautiful life she created for her family and the special memories that will live on in our hearts. They are comforted that she is free of pain and reunited with the loved ones in heaven.
