 Dorothy
R. Effinger July
20, 1933 April
6, 2010
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Remembering
"Dot" with Love...
Dorothy
R. "Dot" Effinger, age 76,
of Denver
, died unexpectedly at home on April 6, 2010. Born in
Pottstown
, a daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Arthur H. and Rose M.
(Maier) Getz, she was the wife of Charles W. Effinger, Jr.,
for 52 years. A
1951
Germantown
High School
and 1954 Lankenau Hospital School of Nursing graduate, she
fulfilled 41 years as a registered nurse in 1995, having
served
Lankenau Hospital, Philadelphia, Ephrata
Community
Hospital and Lebanon VA Medical Center. A dedicated member,
past council president and committee woman of
St. Paul
’s
Evangelical
Lutheran
Church
, Adamstown, she also sang in the choir.
Dot was a former Penn Laurel Council Girl Scout Leader,
Troop #354 and loved traveling. Surviving in addition to her
husband is a son, Charles W., III, (Deborah Hughes) Effinger,
Clifton Park
,
NY
; daughter, Margaret “Peggy” (
Clark
) Seiler, Reinholds; and grandchildren, Lauren and Lance
Corporal Charles W. Effinger, IV.
She was predeceased by a daughter, Dorothy R.
“Duffy” Effinger, and brothers, Rev. Theodore E. and
Arthur L. Getz.
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