Her funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 22, 2013 at the First Presbyterian Church in Avon, with burial in the Trinity Presbyterian Cemetery, rural Avon. Pastor Lorney Van Gerpen will be officiating.Visitation will be Sunday from 5 to 7 at the church, with the family present. A prayer service will follow at 7 p.m. Casket bearers will be her grandsons: Kelly and Scott Brandt, Matt Eggers, Andy and Allan Pudwill, and Travis and Tyler Janssen. Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Chapel of Avon is in charge of the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, donations may be given in Dorothy's honor to a charity of your choice.

Dorothy Delores Pudwill, daughter of John J. and Caroline (Binder) Kocmich, was born December 30, 1925 on a farm near Dante, SD. She died Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at the Wagner Community Memorial Hospital in Wagner, SD. Dorothy attained the age of 87 years, six months and 19 days.

Dorothy attended school for 10 years. She worked for Gelfand's Store in Avon and the Newberry Dime Store in Yankton before her marriage to Allan Albert Pudwill. They were married November 26, 1946 at the Assumption Catholic Church parsonage in Dante. Four children were blessed to their union. They farmed north of Avon until the summer of 1978, at which time they moved south of Avon and farmed until retiring in 1988. Dorothy also worked for the Avon Livestock, Avon Enterprise and Mensch's Greenhouse.

Dorothy was a member of the Catholic Church before her marriage. She joined the First Presbyterian Church in April of 1952, where she remained a faithful member. Dorothy served as a Sunday School teacher, Sunday School superintendent, World Service chairman of Ladies Aid and Church Trustee. She and Allan were janitors for the church for five years. Dorothy also was a member of the Avon Flower Club and the Avon Senior Citizens.

Dorothy enjoyed embroidering quilt blocks and putting them together for her children, grandchildren and other organizations. She made numerous pieced quilts for The Banquet and St. Francis Home in Sioux Falls and the Women's Shelter and Homeless Shelter in Yankton. Dorothy will also be remembered for her flower gardens, her delicious poppy seed rolls, kolaches, dumplings and kuchen. She enjoyed polka dancing with her husband and playing pinochle.


Thankful for having shared her life are her children: Sandra (Dave) Brandt and Carol (Dave) Eggers, all of Avon; Rick (Mary Beth) of Brandon; and Jean (Keith) Janssen of Yankton; 11 grandchildren: Kelly (Lisa) Brandt, Scott (Vanessa) Brandt, Matthew Eggers, Carrie (Patrick) Mikkonen, Andrew Pudwill, Allan (Andrea) Pudwill, Elizabeth (Jeff) Frerichs, Emily (Aaron) Carroll, and Stephanie, Travis and Tyler Janssen; 18 great grandchildren; two sisters: Harriett Pudwill of Yankton and Mildred Roth of Avon; and many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband on March 14, 1995; one grandson, Nicholas Eggers; parents; two brothers: Edward (Esther) and John (Leona); three sisters: Laura (Charles) Streeter, Adeline (Al) Garcia,and Alvina (George) Krcil; and two brothers-in-law: Elmer Pudwill and Albert Roth.