Dorothy Barbara (Kuentzler) Artz, passed away with family at home in the early morning hours of February 23, 2022. She was the beloved wife of the late Mahlon R. Artz who died in 2007. They were married 55 years.
Born at home in Branchdale, Pennsylvania on August 21, 1929 to the late Albert C. and Barbara V. (Pothering) Kuentzler, Jr., Dorothy was the eldest of five girls. She graduated from Branch Township High School, Llewellyn PA in the Class of 1947, St Joseph’s Hospital School of Nursing, Reading, PA in the Class of 1950 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from New England College, Henniker, NH in the Class of 1977.
Dorothy’s career as a Registered Nurse spanned 50 years. She worked in various hospitals in Pennsylvania, NYC, California, Maryland, New Hampshire as well as for an insurance company and lastly for Greenbriar Nursing Home, Nashua. Dorothy was an excellent nurse, both in practice and compassion. She was very proud of her strict nurse training and attended St Joseph’s Nursing reunions through 2016. There was no one else like Nurse Dorothy.
She was a devout Roman Catholic who rarely missed an opportunity to share her faith with everyone she met. Dorothy was most generous with her family and was always trying to help anyone in need.
Surviving are her four cherished children: Jeffrey (Susan), Cynthia (James), Lawrence (Marianne) and Stephanie (Mark), seven grandchildren: Daniel (Amanda), Stephen, Jonathan (Danielle), Christina, Martha, Matthew and Katie, four great-grandchildren: Haileigh, Elliana, Lincoln and Zoie. Also surviving is one sister: Arlene (Kuentzler) Moyer, brother-in-law Ernest R. Artz, sister-in-law Linda (Artz) Robinson, many nieces, nephews and cousins both in New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and beyond.
In addition to her husband, Dorothy was predeceased by: sister Dolores Kuentzler, sister Mary Rosalie (Kuentzler) Crouse and husband Carlton F., sister Joan (Kuentzler) Moyer and husband Harry, brother-in-law Richard R. Moyer, in-laws Lawrence H. and Hannah (Kimmel) Artz and niece Jacqui D. Artz.
We thank all the wonderful caregivers over the past 5 years who gave so much joy and compassion to Dorothy as well as her family. May God bless all of you.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Louis de Gonzague Church, 48 West Hollis Street, Nashua, Thursday morning, March 3rd at 10 0’clock. Interment will follow at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen. Friends are invited to attend and will meet at the church. Donations may be made in her memory to St. Louis de Gonzague Church, 48 West Hollis Street, Nashua, NH 03060. To leave an online message of condolence, please visit www.farwellfuneralservice.com Arrangements are in the care of the FARWELL FUNERAL SERVICE, 18 Lock Street, Nashua.
