Dorothy Louise (Fettig) Towsey, 96, formerly of Port Royal and Mifflintown, passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2024 at Shem Creek Health Center at South Bay at Mount Pleasant, Mount Pleasant, SC.
Born on December 5, 1927, in Juniata County, she is a daughter of the late Karl Albert and Anabel (Noss) Fettig. On July 14, 1950, she married her late husband, Lawrence Benjamin “Ben” Towsey, with whom she was blessed to share more than 68 years of marriage before his passing on April 17, 2019.
She is survived by her son, Larry B. Towsey and Missy Huss of Charleston, SC; two grandchildren, Steven R. Towsey (Nicole) and Rachel L. Lewis (Chase), four great grandchildren; Benjamin, Evalynn, Miles, and Colin; and two sisters, Kathryn Wagner and Charlotte Burd.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Harvey Fettig and her sister, Anabel Conn.
She was a 1945 graduate of Tuscarora Valley High School. Her career included social work which explains her efforts to help others. She was a member of the Messiah Lutheran Church in Mifflintown and enjoyed traveling and gardening but mostly spending time with family and friends.
Graveside services will be held at 11:30 AM on Saturday, March 23, 2024, at Old Church Hill Cemetery, Port Royal.
There will be no public viewing or visitation.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Brown Funeral Homes, Inc., 100 Bridge St., Mifflintown.
Online condolences and tributes can be shared with the family at www.brownfuneralhomesinc.com.
Contributed by rkohler3 on 10/8/09 - Image Year: 1945
This photo shows Dorothy Fettig in her Tuscarora Valley High School Yearbook Class of 1945.
Contributed by rkohler3 on 3/3/17 - Image Year: 1962
SIDEWALK SALE: Marian Groninger (r) and Dorothy Fettig Towsey (l) in front of the Mariette Shoppe during the Sesqui-Centennial celebration in 1962. (Photo submitted by Randy Groninger)
Contributed by rkohler3 on 4/18/15 - Image Year: 1945
Fettig Sisters with Marian (youngest) and Betty Bookwalter (on right) and with Bookwalter sleigh on Boyer Road during the winter of 1945.
Contributed by rkohler3 on 12/11/22 - Image Year: 1972
27th YEAR REUNION - Held 23 Sep 1973 at Frank Hower home on Milford Street, Port Royal: (Front Row l-r) John Ewalt, John Stitt, Carl McClure, Hank Hower, Bradford Kepner, Ben Towsey; (Middle Row) Martha (Peterson) Shoop, Doris (Koons) Long, Martha (Yoder) Hower, Tish (Wert) Hower, Betty (Meloy) Cunningham, Dorothy (Fettig) Towsey; (Back Row) Oscar Swartz, Jim Sherlock, Jane (Maffett) Clark, Beatrice (Boyer) Allison, Jean (Shirk) Rohrbaugh.
Contributed by rkohler3 on 10/21/18 - Image Year: 2018
EARLIEST CLASS ATTENDEES at Port Royal and Tuscarora Valley High School Reunion at the Port Royal Community Building, October 6, 2018. (Seated L-R: Jean (Shirk) Rohrbaugh, Class '46; Dorothy (Fettig) Towsey, Class of '46; Ben Towsey, Class '45; Standing L-R: Mildred (Fleck) Bashore, Class '48; Robert Ditmer, Class '49)(Photo from TIMES of Port Royal)
