Dorothy Wingerter

for the last 4 years.

Dorothy was born July 30, 1918 in Detroit, the fourth child in a family of five to Henry Dipman and Emma Schoen Dipman.

Dorothy graduated from Denby High School located in Detroit in 1934. It was at Denby that romance started in a Latin Class where Dorothy excelled and impressed Bob Wingerter. She married Robert George Wingerter, August 5, 1939 at Mt. Zion Lutheran Church in Detroit where they had met early in their lives. Dorothy had just graduated from Wayne State University in June of that same year with a degree in education.

She and Bob moved frequently in response to Bob’s career. They first lived in Canton, OH for 5 years, then Detroit and Grosse Pointe, MI for 15 years, back to Canton for another 5 years, Bloomfield Hills, MI for 3 years and

then finally moved to Perrysburg in 1967.

Dorothy and Bob attended Zoar Lutheran Church in Perrysburg and she was a member of the founding board of Abundant Life of Perrysburg, a Zoar sponsored senior housing project. She was very active in educational activities in various Lutheran churches during her lifetime.

Dorothy learned to play golf in self-defense as Bob loved the game. She soon found she enjoyed the game and played well enough to win a number of woman’s club championships. Along with golf, Dorothy loved to garden, and watch and identify the birds in her yard. She enjoyed many years of winter skiing, and fishing and boating in Florida. She liked to play bridge with friends also.

As a mother, Dorothy was the glue that held the family together with many fun holiday gatherings and vacations. She and Bob had three children - Gail E. Sponseller, Janice R. Dixon, and Robert H. Wingerter; five grandchildren – Leslie (Sponseller) Patron, and Stephen Sponseller, Sarah (Dixon) Magoun, and Ericka and Bo Wingerter. To Dorothy’s delight she was blessed with five great grandchildren – Henry, Jake and Katherine Magoun, Ned Patron, and Logan Wingerter.

Dorothy was sadly preceded in death by her son, Robert H. Wingerter and her husband, Bob who died on Jan. 3, 2011. She will be missed greatly by her family who enjoyed her humor and

spirit for life.

Friends will be received on Thursday, December 4 from 3:00 to 6:30 P.M. at Witzler-Shank Funeral Home, 222 East South Boundary St, Perrysburg, Ohio. Funeral services will be held on Friday, December 5 at 10:30 A.M. at Zoar Lutheran Church, 314 east Indiana Ave, in Perrysburg. Burial will follow at Fort Meigs Union Cemetery. Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider Hospice of Northwest OH and Cherry Street Missions.