Dorothy Fritts

"Hampden - Dorothy H. (Hauser) Fritts, 82, passed away on November 20, 2014. Born April 27, 1932 in Braddock, PA, she was the daughter of William Johnson (aka Hauser) and Dorothy (Packer) Hauser. Dorothy grew up in the Pittsburgh area and graduated from Swissvale High School. She went on to further her education at the Pennsylvania College for Women, currently Chatham University. Dorothy was employed as a Girl Scout Executive and Camp Director in Pittsburgh and Niagara Falls, NY, where she met and married her husband, Alan Fritts. She has lived in Hampden since 1977, previously living in Wilbraham and three European countries. Dorothy volunteered in the public schools in Hampden and was on the Board of Directors of the Antwerp (Belgium) International School. She held several leadership jobs in the Scantic River Artists, subsequently known as the Hampden Art Guild. She was President of the Arcadia Players and on their Board, she also was an aide in the Hampden public school system. She loved to travel and enjoyed her time spent throughout most every state in the US and Mexico along with most all of the countries in Western Europe, several Eastern Europe countries, Japan, India, China, Australia and New Zealand. Being an enthusiastic artist, she drew much enjoyment in the numerous museum visits. Her passion for painting extended to water color, oil, pastels and most recently print making. Dorothy's most dear devotion was to her family. She will be greatly missed by her husband of 53 years, Alan J Fritts along with her two children, William Fritts of Flagstaff, AZ, and Megan Green and her husband Cliff of Stevensville, MI along with their children, Kendra, Brynn, and Sinjin. Dorothy also leaves two sisters, Nancy Bowser of University City, MO and Linda Stavros of Carmel, IN. Visitation will be held Sunday from 2 to 4 pm at the Beers & Story Palmer Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, kindly make donations to a charity of one's choice or Baystate VNA. For details, please visit www.beersandstory.com"