Dorothy Frances McCarthy

Dorothy Frances McCarthy, 92, of Frankford, died Saturday, September 23, 2023 at Country View Nursing Facility in Bowling Green, surrounded by family. Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 11:30 a.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bowling Green with Pastor Jeff Dock officiating. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery in Frankford. Visitation will be Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the church. Dorothy was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 7, 1930 at home to Joseph and Jennie Knecht. She married Jack McCarthy on September 24, 1949 in St. Louis. He preceded her in death in February of 2007. She is survived by two sisters, Shirley Rauch and Gerry (Ed) Davis; children, Kathleen (David) Brummond, Ken (Annette) McCarthy, and Michael (Sepa) McCarthy; grandchildren, Kristen Griego, Kelly (Dan) Richards, Kevin McCarthy, Jennifer Teeter, Janice Teeter, Julie McCarthy, and Seth (Becca) Brummond; great-grandchildren, Justin Griego, Megan Richards, and Kayden, Olivia, and Matthew McCarthy, Michael McCarthy, Isabel Cameron, Matthew Teeter, and Lydia Miles, Luke and Laia Brummond; along with many nieces, nephews, extended family, and many friends. Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents; aunts and uncles; one sister, Jeanette Rickman; and one great-granddaughter, Mikeila Gergen. Dorothy was a Christian by faith and a Charter member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bowling Green for over 40 years. She graduated from Cleveland High School in St. Louis. Dorothy worked at a bakery in St. Louis and when she graduated high school she worked for a company in St. Louis as a comptometer operator, then a mother and homemaker. After the children had married, she became a Home Health Aide and a volunteer Activity Director for Moore-Pike Nursing Home for 12 years, after which she was a part-time Relief Postal Clerk for the Frankford Post Office. She was a member of Lutheran Woman’s Missionary League, she belonged to the Haw Creek Club of Frankford, she volunteered at the Hope Center in Bowling Green, and she was a member of the Pike County Genealogical Society and Museum in Bowling Green. Dorothy liked spending her free time sewing, cooking, working crafts of all kinds, and playing games. She loved spending time with family and friends. Pallbearers will be John Haake, Steve Shaw, Dan Richards, Kevin McCarthy, Al Schlueter, and David Brummond. Honorary pallbearers will be Ed Davis, Justin Greigo, Kayden McCarthy, Seth Brummond, Robert Wallace, and Jim Schuette. Memorials may be made to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church or the Genealogy Society.

Dorothy Frances McCarthy

October 7, 1930 - September 23, 2023