Dorothy S. Kropp

Dorothy S. Kropp, 92 years of age, of Summer Valley Road, New Ringgold, passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, at Hometown Nursing & Rehabilitation Ctr. in Tamaqua.Born Monday, January 2, 1928 in Dothan, Alabama. the daughter of the late Joseph and Dorothy (Butler) Smith.  She was also predeceased by; her husband, Stanley E. Kropp, Sr.; sons, Rev. George P. Kropp, John Edward Kropp; sister, Josephine Grant; brother, Paul Smith.Surviving are; sons, Stanley E.  Kropp, Jr. of Charleston, SC, Herbert James Kropp and his wife Kathleen of Tamaqua, Jeffrey Lawrence Kropp and his wife Wanda of Tamaqua; daughter, Remel Ann Durilla of Orlando, Fl.; 13 grand children; 13 great grand children; 1 great great granddaughter.In her youth Dorothy picked cotton in Alabama.  Dorothy retired from the former Atlas Powder Company of Reynolds. She was a devoted member of the Primitive Methodist Church of Tamaqua serving on the Missionary and Ladies Aide Societies as well as having been Youth Director for many years.  Dorothy enjoyed planting and tending to her garden.Private arrangements entrusted to the Robert S. Nester Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc. of 2066 West Penn Pike New Ringgold, Pennsylvania 17960. (570) 386-5884Private Interment will be in Odd Fellows, Tamaqua,  Pennsylvania.online expressions of sympathy may be made by visiting www.griffithsfuneralhomes.com