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Dorothy M. <I>Brinker</I> Sausser

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Dorothy M. Brinker Sausser

Birth
Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA
Death
12 May 2005 (aged 85)
Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Dorothy M. Sausser, 85, Seneca, KS, formerly of Colorado Springs, CO, died Thursday, May 12, 2005, at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca.
She was born October 26, 1919, the daughter of Joseph and Minnie Rosengarten Brinker on a farm south of Seneca. While she was in high school, she was employed at Harsh Drug Store. After graduating from Sts. Peter & Paul High School in 1938, she worked at the Courier Tribune.
In 1947 she moved to Colorado Springs and was married to Bill Sausser on February 3, 1947. They lived on the Pine Valley Ranch where the U.S. Air Force Academy is now located. They were divorced in 1970.
In January 1957 she started work as an office clerk at the Colorado Springs Public Library. Later this library became the Pike's Peak Regional Library, where Dorothy officially retired as Financial Development Officer in 1983. She continued as a financial consultant at the library after her retirement. Dorothy also worked at the Juniper Valley Ranch Restaurant as a cook and at the Little Britches Rodeo for young children for many years. In May of 2004, she returned to Seneca.
In Colorado Springs she was a member of the Divine Redeemer Catholic Church. In Seneca she was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Church and the Altar Society at the church. She liked making baby quilts and other quilts for the family as well as other sewing and embroidery.
Survivors are nieces and nephews.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Elmer Brinker, February 23, 2001 and Gerald Brinker, November 16, 1994.
A memorial mass will be offered at 10:30 am on Tuesday, May 17, 2005, at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca. Inurnment will be in the church cemetery.
Dorothy M. Sausser, 85, Seneca, KS, formerly of Colorado Springs, CO, died Thursday, May 12, 2005, at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca.
She was born October 26, 1919, the daughter of Joseph and Minnie Rosengarten Brinker on a farm south of Seneca. While she was in high school, she was employed at Harsh Drug Store. After graduating from Sts. Peter & Paul High School in 1938, she worked at the Courier Tribune.
In 1947 she moved to Colorado Springs and was married to Bill Sausser on February 3, 1947. They lived on the Pine Valley Ranch where the U.S. Air Force Academy is now located. They were divorced in 1970.
In January 1957 she started work as an office clerk at the Colorado Springs Public Library. Later this library became the Pike's Peak Regional Library, where Dorothy officially retired as Financial Development Officer in 1983. She continued as a financial consultant at the library after her retirement. Dorothy also worked at the Juniper Valley Ranch Restaurant as a cook and at the Little Britches Rodeo for young children for many years. In May of 2004, she returned to Seneca.
In Colorado Springs she was a member of the Divine Redeemer Catholic Church. In Seneca she was a member of Sts. Peter & Paul Church and the Altar Society at the church. She liked making baby quilts and other quilts for the family as well as other sewing and embroidery.
Survivors are nieces and nephews.
Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Elmer Brinker, February 23, 2001 and Gerald Brinker, November 16, 1994.
A memorial mass will be offered at 10:30 am on Tuesday, May 17, 2005, at Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca. Inurnment will be in the church cemetery.


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