WAUKESHA  Longtime Waukesha resident Dorothy Pagenkopf Downing died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2002, at Waukesha Memorial Hospital at age 83. She was born June 6, 1919, in Guelph, N.D., the daughter of Albert and Clara (nee Anderson) Pagenkopf.

She is survived by her children, Chris (Ronn) Barker of Colgate, Thomas (Patricia) Downing of Merton and Marilyn (James) Lehrer of Louisville, Ken. Dorothy is the grandmother of Angie (Cory) Steinhaus, Heather Isham, Lauren Barker, Mitchell Isham and Liz Downing, and the great-grandmother of Destinee Bradley, Alexander Steinhaus and Matthew Isham. Also surviving are other relatives and friends. Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, Edward; her mother and father; and her sisters, Laverna and Frances.

She was employed in the offices of Morrison Advertising, Curdolac Food Co., Waukesha Motor Works, Secretarial Services, Thomas Press and Waukesha County Park and Planning. She was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, and was an active member of St. Markﾕs Lutheran Church.

Friends may call from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 29, at St. Markﾕs Lutheran Church, 424 Hyde Park Ave., Waukesha. Funeral services will follow at 2 p.m.; the Rev. James L. Wilch will officiate. Private interment will be at Prairie Home Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials to St. Markﾕs Church would be appreciated.

For more information, call Cesarz, Charapata & Zinnecker Funeral Home at 542-6609 or visit www.waukeshafuneralhome.com for online obituaries, directions or condolences.