Dorothy Mildred Krepp
November 28, 1933 ~ July 24, 2023
Born in: Franklin, Pennsylvania
Dorothy M. Krepp, 89, of Franklin, passed away on Monday, July 24, 2023, surrounded by her family at the Caring Place, Franklin.
She was born on November 28, 1933, in Venango County, to the late Paul J. and Dorothy A. (Connell) Rennard.
She graduated from Franklin High School. Dorothy worked as a Switchboard Operator at the telephone company, was a Soda Jerk at McGuires Drugstore, a Ticket Taker at both Orpheum and Park Theaters, a Switchboard Operator at Franklin Hospital for fourteen years, as well as Switchboard Operator at Polk Center where she retired as a Purchasing Agent after ten years.
She married the love of her life, Earl A. Krepp, on November 22, 1952 and the couple spent seventy wonderful years together. Earl survives and will miss Dorothy dearly.
Dorothy was a busy woman who loved life. She learned to fly a plane before she drove a car. She enjoyed bowling, playing cards - Pinochle, 500bid, Foot & Hand, and Scat, and square dancing with Earl. She was a member of the East Grove Methodist Church and enjoyed attending Cherry Run Camp where she served as Treasurer for many years. She also served as Treasurer for West United Methodist Women.
Left to cherish her wonderful memory are her husband, her children, Allen D. Krepp and his wife, Cathy, Cathy Blair and her husband Gregg, Linda Lehman and her husband, Lynn, and Patty McKenzie and her husband, Stephen - all of Franklin; her grandchildren, Lisa Cunningham (DeWayne), Louis Irwin III (Christine), Jason McKenzie (Chrissy), Megan Walker, Trevor Krepp, Brianna Roberts, Crystal Stiver, and Steven Evanitz (Melissa); as well as many great and great-great grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, Dorothy is preceded in death by her sisters, Shirley Hurd and Charlotte Myers; and an infant brother, Paul Rennard.
Family and friends will be received on Thursday, July 27, 2023 at Gardinier-Warren Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc., 1315 Chestnut Street, Franklin, PA, 16323, from 10am - 2pm. A funeral service for Dorothy will be held immediately following the visitation at 2pm at the funeral home with Pastor Matthew Blake, Sr., pastor of East Grove Methodist Church, officiating.
Dorothy will be laid to rest in Graham Cemetery.
Memorial contributions can be made in Dorothy's memory to the East Grove Methodist Church, 1167 Belmar Rd, Franklin, PA 16323 and/or Cherry Run Camp, 4765 Ramsaytown Road, Brookville, PA 15825, or www.cherryruncamp.com.
Please take a moment to share a memory or condolence with the family on Dorothy's Book of Memories at www.WarrenFH.com.
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Oh, the good times we had at Cherry Run Camp. Such sweet memories we share.
She loved the Lord with all her heart and was a true servant of Christ. She now is hearing “Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into your rest.”
Praying the Comforter will be by your side as you say goodbye for now.
Dorothy, Earl, and family were a great blessing to me and my family during the years I was privileged to be pastor at the East Grove Church. They were very deeply involved in the church and also became involved in Cherry Run Camp. Dorothy was a gracious lady of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. She will be missed but we have our Lord’s promise of reunion in a trouble-free Heaven with no separation ever again!
So sorry for your loss . My thoughts and prayers are with your family at this difficult time. I always enjoyed seeing and talking with Dorothy. Always had a smile . May God Bless.
I have such wonderful memories of my Aunt Dorothy. She was always so much fun to be around and I’m going to miss that contagious laugh of hers. She was a loving wife, mother, sister, aunt and daughter – and a great friend to all who knew her. She made the world a better place while she was here and will be truly missed. Farewell, Aunt Dorothy. I was so blessed to have you in my life and will always remember you with love and affection.
I was just informed an hour or so ago that my Aunt Dorothy is no longer with us, and I do not exaggerate or stretch the truth when I say that she is perhaps the kindest, most decent, most generous, most loving, and most genuine person I’ve ever known. Case in point: When I enrolled in aircraft maintenance school almost 3 decades ago, I needed $500 in order to buy the tools required for the training, and I just had nowhere or no one to whom I could go to get it. And even though I had not seen or even spoken to her in years, she loaned it to me. I still owe her that money, and, of course, she’ll never get it. But I know that the generosity and love that this act of kindness represents proves that Aunt Dorothy has but left here to dwell elsewhere in a more beautiful place, and the respect and love that I feel for her will never die, just as her soul and spirit will continue on and on and on…. In this I truly believe because her faith has taken her home where she will dwell with the Almighty and the angels forever.
Aunt Dorothy was one of the sweetest People I have ever know. Even though we haven’t seen each other in many years, she was thought of often as well as Uncle Bus, Kathy, Linda, and Allen. She will always be remembered. Love Ya’ll.
Dot was a valuable member of the Franklin Women’s Softball League around 1978????
I was on her team. I remember that she was a great hitter when at bat and played the field on defense just as well!
I was my pleasure to have known her for a short period of time.