IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Dorothy
Frohn
March 3, 1932 – April 22, 2025
Obituary
Dorothy Jean (Cottrell) Frohn, age 93, passed away on April 22, 2025, in Oshkosh, WI. She was born on March 3, 1932, to parents Arba "Barney" and Florence (Summerton) Cottrell in Casco, WI. Dorothy was the oldest of four children raised on the family farm.
She graduated from Merrill high School and then went to Normal School. She then taught in a one room country school that had 17 children in K-8, in Hamburg, WI. On April 25, 1959, she married the love of her life, Jack Edward Frohn, in Merrill, WI. Dorothy and Jack went on to raise two children together.
Dorothy was quiet but had great ambitions. She earned a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education at Aurora University, IL. She taught junior high students and went back to obtain a second degree as a Reading Specialist. She substitute taught and retired ultimately in the Wild Rose Unified School District in 1995.
Her name described her perfectly. Dorothy meant "Gift from God." She taught Sunday school, volunteered at several Churches and was a Church secretary for a time. She also assisted in the ministry and helped others in their time of need. In her free time, her and Jack would go antiquing and would garden and compost. Dorothy enjoyed reading to others and writing and was a published author.
Jack always said Dorothy had "more recipes for hamburger than anybody he knew." She also could stretch a dollar into a blanket.
She is survived by her husband, Jack Frohn; children, Edward "Martin" James (Partner) Frohn and Joyce Elizabeth (Anthony Hengst) Frohn; granddaughter, Elizabeth Gwendolyn Frohn Hengst; as well and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were her parents, Arba "Barney" and Florence (Summerton) Cottrell; sister, Fern Elizabeth (Vinay) Likhite; and brothers, Keith Leslie (Claudia) Cottrell and Alson Barnabas Cottrell.
Service will held at First Congregational Church on June 14th visitation at 1pm, service at 2pm
In lieu of flowers, please feel free to plant something that can grow and bloom in the earth to remember her by.
The family would like to thank the team at Compassus Hospice for their kindness to Dorothy.
She graduated from Merrill high School and then went to Normal School. She then taught in a one room country school that had 17 children in K-8, in Hamburg, WI. On April 25, 1959, she married the love of her life, Jack Edward Frohn, in Merrill, WI. Dorothy and Jack went on to raise two children together.
Dorothy was quiet but had great ambitions. She earned a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education at Aurora University, IL. She taught junior high students and went back to obtain a second degree as a Reading Specialist. She substitute taught and retired ultimately in the Wild Rose Unified School District in 1995.
Her name described her perfectly. Dorothy meant "Gift from God." She taught Sunday school, volunteered at several Churches and was a Church secretary for a time. She also assisted in the ministry and helped others in their time of need. In her free time, her and Jack would go antiquing and would garden and compost. Dorothy enjoyed reading to others and writing and was a published author.
Jack always said Dorothy had "more recipes for hamburger than anybody he knew." She also could stretch a dollar into a blanket.
She is survived by her husband, Jack Frohn; children, Edward "Martin" James (Partner) Frohn and Joyce Elizabeth (Anthony Hengst) Frohn; granddaughter, Elizabeth Gwendolyn Frohn Hengst; as well and many nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were her parents, Arba "Barney" and Florence (Summerton) Cottrell; sister, Fern Elizabeth (Vinay) Likhite; and brothers, Keith Leslie (Claudia) Cottrell and Alson Barnabas Cottrell.
Service will held at First Congregational Church on June 14th visitation at 1pm, service at 2pm
In lieu of flowers, please feel free to plant something that can grow and bloom in the earth to remember her by.
The family would like to thank the team at Compassus Hospice for their kindness to Dorothy.
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