Dorothy Ann Scheller's Obituary
Dorothy Ann Scheller (nee Lathrop), age 89, passed away on January 5, 2026, at Bethany Home in Waupaca, Wisconsin. She was suffering with stage 4 cancer, congestive heart failure and was under hospice care.
She is survived by children Henry R. Scheller Jr (Marjorie), Beth Ann Dykes (Charles), Steven Louis Scheller (Patti), Ronnie James Scheller (Donna) and Kristine Kay Stewart (Lee), numerous grandchildren, step-grandchildren, great- and step-great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She is also survived by sisters-in-law RaeMona (Scheller) Preece and Joy (Scheller) Freeman.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Louis and Beryl Lathrop, husband Henry R. Scheller Jr, brothers Louis Jr, Burton, Thomas and Theodore, by sisters Jessie Lathrop, Marjorie Tomlinson, Addie Lou Mulvey, brothers-in-law, Robert Tomlinson, Frances Mulvey, Clarence Lefeber, Grant Scheller, James Freeman, Wayne Linde, James Preece, Carl Kaminske and by sisters-in-law Mary Ann Lathrop, June (Scheller) Lefeber, Lois (Scheller) Linde, Grace (Scheller) Williams Kaminske, nephew Robert Lefeber (killed in Vietnam), nephew and God-son Terry Scheller, nephew Gerald Williams, niece Denece Diermeier and grandson John Henry Scheller.
Dorothy, known as “Aunt Toot” to many of her nieces and nephews, was born October 5, 1936, in the town of Hortonia, Wisconsin where her family operated a farm. She attended grade school in a rural schoolhouse, for which father cut and hauled firewood every winter to keep the schoolhouse warm. She graduated from Washington High School in New London in 1954. After graduation she worked for a short while at Zwicker Knitting Mill and then as a clerk at Pichelmeyers Pharmacy. She met Henry Scheller of Bear Creek, who had recently been honorably discharged from the US Air Force, at a dance. They were married in Dale, WI on December 30, 1954. The couple began raising a family in rural Weyauwega. In 1963 they moved to a small home on King Road, Waupaca, where they would raise the family and farm part-time.
While her children spent most of their day in school, Dorothy worked as a clerk at Neimuth’s Steak and Chop Shop for about 20 years. When her son Steve needed more help in the greenhouses, she went to work at King Berry Farm. She was the leader for the Chain-O-Lakes 4-H Club while her children were involved, a volunteer at the Wisconsin Veterans’ Home in King, she was active in the VFW Auxiliary and the TOPS club and volunteered in several capacities in the churches she attended. Her husband Henry passed away on September 28, 2003. Dorothy remained in the family home until moving into Bethany in April, 2025.
A Memorial Service will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, January 19, 2026 at Holly Funeral Home in Waupaca. Visitation will be held from 9:30 AM until time of service. Internment will take place at the Central Wisconsin Veterans Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Red Cross for disaster relief at clickhere
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