Doris Fritcher

Doris “Dory” Fritcher, age 93, died on Friday, March 17, 2023, after a short but fierce battle with cancer and pneumonia. At the end, she passed peacefully, as she wished, surrounded by loving family at her home in Storm Lake. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 24, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at the Lakeside Presbyterian Church in Storm Lake. Burial will be in the Storm Lake Cemetery. Visitation will take place from 9:30-10:45 a.m. prior to the service at the CHURCH. The Fratzke & Jensen Funeral Home in Storm Lake is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the Lakeside Presbyterian Church 110 E 3rd St, Storm Lake, Iowa 50588. Doris was born on September 27, 1929, the third and youngest child of Elvin and Ethyl (Mason) Horslund of Waterloo, Iowa. Doris graduated from Waterloo West High School in the class of 1947 and then enrolled for her freshman year at The Lindenwood College for Women in St. Charles, Missouri. The following year she transferred to the University of Iowa where she would graduate in 1951 with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of Liberal Arts. At Iowa she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, Mortar Board, the Iowa Hawkeye yearbook staff and active in the Student Christian Council. While at Iowa, Dory met her future husband, Theodore “Ted” C. Fritcher of Storm Lake and on September 8, 1951 they were joined in marriage at the First Baptist Church in Waterloo, Iowa. Following Ted’s return from service in Korea in 1953 they moved to Storm Lake where they lived and raised their six children. They were happily married for over fifty years, until Ted passed away in 2002. In addition to her more than full time role as a much loved wife and mother, Dory was active in the Lakeside Presbyterian Church where she served as both an Elder and Deacon. She was also active in P.E.O. Chapter EP-NL, Art Club, several Bridge Clubs, Hospital Auxilliary and a variety of other community activities. In 2013 she was honored with a Special Resolution of Appreciation from the Buena Vista University Board of Trustees for her ten years of outstanding service as the representative of The Synod of Lakes and Prairies of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and as a member of the Academic Affairs, Student Services/Student Affairs (serving as chair for three years), Trusteeship and Executive Committees of the Board of Trustees. Although seeming quiet and reserved, Dory had a great sense of humor, a big heart, and an iron will. Dory enjoyed art, reading, shopping, travel, and holidays with her family. She loved her home with its many views of the lake. She and Ted loved to be on the lake with their family. As her children got older and added children of their own, Dory’s house in Storm Lake became the family clubhouse in the summer time and she continued the family tradition of dock and boat, ready for water sports, right up to the present day. Kids, grandkids and pets were always welcome, the more the merrier. For many years she and Ted kept a winter home in Naples, Florida where she enjoyed spending time with friends, visiting family and taking long walks on the gulf coast beaches nearby. Doris is survived by her six children: Sue Fritcher of Storm Lake; James Fritcher and his wife, Tracey of Edina, Minnesota; Kay Wessling and her husband Bill of Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin; Scott Fritcher and his wife Teri of Johnston, Iowa; Patricia Rosdail and her husband Max, of Vermillion, South Dakota; and Connie Bogenhagen of Papillion, Nebraska. Dory is also survived by thirteen grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Dory was preceded in death by her husband Ted, her parents, her brother Robert Horslund of Cedar Falls and her sister Kathryn Beeken of Naples, Florida.

Doris Fritcher

September 27, 1929 - March 17, 2023