Dorothy Dvorsky

Dorothy Mae Dvorsky passed away Thursday, March 5, 2020. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, with the Rosary to be recited at 7 p.m. at OakCrest Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 11, at St. Louis Catholic Church with Rev. Ryan Higdon as celebrant. Burial will follow at St. Mary’s Cemetery near West.

Dorothy was born near Mora, Louisiana on September 9, 1933, the daughter of Ottis Hodge and Hazel Hillman Hodge. On August 20, 1955 she was united in marriage to Joe R. Dvorsky in Beaumont, Texas.

Dorothy graduated from DeRidder High School in DeRidder, Louisiana. She worked for GMAC, the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, Pasadena General Hospital and the Texas Commission for the Blind, from where she retired in 1992 with twenty-six years of service. She served her country in the U.S. Naval Reserve.

Dorothy was an avid bridge player and achieved the rank of Life Master. She was a member of the SPJST Lodge 6 and she was a volunteer at Providence Hospital for thirteen years, from 1997 to 2010. Dorothy was a member of St. Louis Catholic Church since moving to Waco in 1967.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Deloris Picciotto; brother-in-law, Joe Picciotto; and her son, Joey.

Survivors include her husband of 64 years, Joseph; brother, Darwin and wife, Jesse of Port Neches, Texas; brother, Dewain and wife, Judy of Bella Vista, Arkansas; daughter-in-law, Mary Dvorsky of Waco; daughter, Patricia Geiger and husband, Dr. Joe Geiger of China Spring; son, Robert Dvorsky and wife, Peggy of Houston; 12 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

In memoriam and in lieu of flowers, a contribution can be made to Bishop Louis Reicher Catholic Schools, if desired.