Dorothy Jane Burger Weber Schlosser, age 87, formerly of Union City, Waterford, and Meadville, died Friday, June 6, 2008 at Wesbury United Methodist Community in Meadville. Born April 27, 1921 in Union City, she was the daughter of the late Everett Alton Burger and Lila Ketzel Burger Preston.
Dorothy was primarily a homemaker until 1973 when she started working as a hostess at the former David Meade Inn in Meadville. She continued her work there until retiring as head of housekeeping in 1989. She loved to dance and in her later years would enjoy dancing at the Frog Pond Restaurant in Canadohta Lake. Her favorite pastime was embroidery and she also liked cooking and baking. She was a member of the Methodist denomination and attended various Methodist churches in the area.
Preceding her in death was an infant brother Milton Burger, a sister Lillian Wells, and her second husband Richard Schlosser.
Survivors include her former husband Joseph E. Weber and his wife Caroline of Corry; three children, Beverly Showman and her husband Richard of Lima, OH, Kay Schweitzer and her husband Sam of Mill Village, and Jerry Weber and his wife Joanne of Erie; also, her beloved grandchildren: 9 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, and 6 great-great-grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Van Matre Funeral Home, West First and Walnut Streets, Waterford, on Monday from 2-4 and 7-9pm and may attend funeral services there on Tuesday at 11:00am. Rev. Betty Hollabaugh, pastor of Mill Village United Methodist Church, will officiate. Interment will follow in Mill Village Cemetery.
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