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Pastor Margaret D. “Peg” Dorwick
Pastor Margaret D.“Peg” Dorwick, 83, of Milan, passed away Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at Ripley Crossing in Milan. Pastor Peg was born Sunday, January 8, 1933, in Ambrose, ND, the daughter of John and Alice (Anderson) Flaherty. Pastor Peg married Charles “Chuck” Dorwick on August 4, 1956 and he survives.
Pastor Peg was a member of the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Milan and an ELCA member. Peg was a registered nurse for many years retiring from DuPage Community Convalescent Center in Wheaton, IL. She then became a ordained minister in the Lutheran faith. She filled pulpits at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Dillsboro, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Batesville, St. John’s Lutheran Church in Sunman and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Milan. In her free time she enjoyed family, quilting, cooking, baking apple and cherry pie and spice cake, and loved writing poetry and reading. She also was a fine seamstress.
Pastor Peg is survived by husband: Charles “Chuck” Dorwick of Milan; sons: Keith Dorwick (John Kelley) of Lafayette, LA. Kevin (Cathy) Dorwick of Galena IL; daughter: Karin Selga of Louisville, KY; brother: John Flaherty of KS; sister: Mary Taylor of IL; three grandchildren Jacquie and Greg Dorwick and Cody Selga. She was preceded in death by one brother Dennis Flaherty.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, February 26 at Laws-Carr-Moore Funeral Home, Milan with Pastor Sue Socha officiating. Visitation will also be Friday from 9-11 a.m. at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to St. Paul’s Lutheran Church through the funeral home. Laws-Carr-Moore Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements, 707 South Main Street Box 243 Milan 47031. (812)654-2141. Go to
www.lawscarrmoore.com to leave an online condolence message.
Omission: William Oran Heidorn
The following was omitted from the William O. Heidorn obituary which appeared in the Tuesday, February 23 edition of the Osgood Journal. Surviving him in death was sister-in-law Linda Dilk of Osgood, plus nieces and nephews. Also, one granddaughter preceded him in death, Kira Riley.