Browse the obituary of residing in the province of Ontario for funeral details
Nov. 10, 1926 – Aug. 16, 2024
Viola May Dorsch (nee Gascho) died peacefully on August 16, 2024, in her home at Nithview Community, New Hamburg, Ontario. She was 97.
Viola led an interesting and fulfilling life. She and her husband Victor worked for the Eastern Mennonite Mission Board in eastern Africa for thirty-one years, including in Somalia and Tanzania, where they raised their three children.
They were members of their sending congregation St. Agatha Mennonite Church, and later at its sister congregation Steinmann Mennonite Church.
Viola was a welcoming hostess and enjoyed having guests in her home. She was an encourager, a creative cook and seamstress, a wonderful mother, a faithful letter-writer, and she adapted comfortably to any situation where she could serve alongside her husband, whether in Africa or in Canada. They enjoyed 74 years of marriage together.
Viola is predeceased by her husband Victor Albert Dorsch and her youngest daughter Joy Elizabeth Dorsch, and by her parents Norman and Ida (Litwiller) Gascho, and Viola’s sister and brother-in-law Reta and Ray Baechler.
She is missed by her children Jim (Doretta) Dorsch of Frederick, Maryland, and Shirley (John) Sherk of Toronto, Ontario. Sadly missed by her granddaughters Michelle Dorsch, and Jenn (Brian) Dorsch-Messler, and great granddaughter Cayden Messler, and her nieces and nephews and their families, whom she prayed for regularly.
Visitation will be at the Mark Jutzi Funeral Home in New Hamburg on August 23, 2024 from 2-4pm and 6-8pm.
A service will be held at Steinmann Mennonite Church, Baden, on August 24, 2024 at 11am and will also be live-streamed on the church website.
A private burial will take place at the St. Agatha Mennonite Church cemetery prior to the memorial service.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Grand River Cancer Centre (GRCC), the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), or Steinmann Mennonite Church and can be done on the funeral home website.
Personal condolences and donation information can be found on the funeral home website at www.markjutzifuneralhomes.ca
2024
Death notice for the town of: Tavistock, Province: Ontario
death notice Viola May Dorsch Gascho 2024
obituaries notice Viola May Dorsch Gascho 2024
We offer our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Viola May Dorsch Gascho 2024 and hope that their memory may be a source of comfort during this difficult time. Your thoughts and kind words are greatly appreciated.
