Date: Fri 21-Jul-1995

Publication: Bee

Author: ANDREA

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OBITS John Dougherty

A Memorial service will be held at the Trinity Episcopal Chruch, Friday, July

28, at 11 am, for John H. Dougherty, husband of the late Katherine Dobnak

Dougherty and father of Katharine Dougherty of Beaver Dam Road, Newtown. Mr

Dougherty died June 25.

Burial in Huntingtown Cemetery will immediately follow the service.

Frank Rothe

Frank E. Rothe, 62, longtime resident of Shady Rest, Sandy Hook, died July 18

at Connecticut Hospice in Branford. He was the husband of Marion Drew Rothe of

8 Old Towantic Hill Road, Oxford.

He was born in Bridgeport June 11, 1933, son of the late Francis and Anna

Sherwood Rothe. He had been a resident of Oxford for the past nine years.

He was employed as a foreman at Sikorsky Aircraft for over 40 years. He was a

member of the Hiram Lodge No 18 AF&AM, and Mirah Chapter of the Eastern Star,

both in Sandy Hook.

He is also survived by three sons, Steven Rothe of Yorktown, Va., Clifford

Rothe of Southbury, and Glenn Rothe of Rome, N.Y.; two brothers, Fred Rothe of

Albermarle, N.C., and Richard Rothe of Monroe, N.H.; 6 grandchildren; and one

greatgrandson. He was predeceased by a son, Keith Rothe.

Funeral services will be held at the Honan Funeral Home, 58 Main Street,

Newtown, July 22, at 11 am. Burial will follow in Zoar Cemetery.

Masonic Service will be held at the funeral home, Friday, July 21, at 8 pm.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday, July 21, between 6 and 9 pm.

Donations in memory of Mr Rothe may be made to Connecticut Hospice in

Branford, Conn.; or to the American Cancer Society.

Mary Petersen

Mary Frances Taylor Petersen, 57, mother of Michael J. Petersen of Newtown,

died July 18, at her home in Bethel. She and her husband, Ronald E. Petersen,

recently celebrated their 40th anniversary.

Mrs Petersen was born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 8, 1938, a daughter of

William and Anna M. Sanford Taylor. In 1953, she moved to Bethel.

After raising her family, Mrs Petersen was the office manager for her

husband's plumbing and heating business for the past 20 years.

She was a member of the St Mary's Church, Bethel.

Besides her husband and son, Mrs Petersen is survived by another son, Ronald

W. Petersen of New Milford; a brother, James R. Taylor of Lee Summitt, Mich.;

two granddaughters; and several nieces and nephews.

Contributions in her memory may be made to Regional Hospice of Western

Connecticut, 87A Sandpit Road, Danbury 06810; or to the American Cancer

Society, 40 North Street, Danbury 06810.

There are no calling hours.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, July 21, at 10 am, at St Mary

Church, Bethel. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery, Bethel.

Howard Kemmerer

Howard A. Kemmerer, 63, formerly of Newtown, died July 17, in Cincinnati,

Ohio. He was the husband of Joanne Sisko Kemmerer of Cincinnati.

Mr Kemmerer worked as an administrative county agent with the University of

Connecticut Extension Service, retiring and moving from Newtown to Cincinnati

in 1987.

Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Daniel Kemmerer, and daughter, Amy

Shawhan, both of Cincinnati; a sister, Barbara Steltzer of Lakeworth, Fla.;

and two granddaughters.

Contributions in memory of Mr Kemmerer may be made to Immaculate Conception

Building Fund, 2310 Robertson Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45212.

A Requiem High Mass was celebrated the morning of July 20 at Immaculate

Conception Church; one will be celebrated Saturday, July 22, at 10 am, in St

Joseph Novitiate, Hart's Content Road, Round Top, N.Y. Burial will be in St

Joseph Novitiate Cemetery.