Frank "Franz" Henry Dorsch, Jr.'s Obituary
Obituary of Mr. Frank Henry Dorsch, Jr.
Mr. Frank Henry Dorsch, Jr. "Franz" of Millsboro, DE passed away on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at Beebe Health Care in Lewes, DE. He was 71 years old.
Franz was born in Baltimore, MD on January 20, 1951, to Agnes Shifflet Dorsch and the late Frank H. Dorsch, Sr. He married the love of his life on June 28, 1970, in Dorsey, MD. Together they raised one daughter. He retired from Eastman Kodak where he worked as a Field Engineer for about 23 years. He and his wife Gail then moved from Dorsey, MD to Millsboro, DE. He worked part time for Pot Nets Security. Franz loved photography, woodworking, recently blow art and other hobbies too numerous to list. He was very outgoing, kind, caring and had the ability to read people. Franz was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend who will be dearly missed.
Franz is survived by his devoted wife of 52 years, Gail L. Dorsch of Millsboro, DE; his daughter Kristina Lilly, her husband Charles and grandchildren Catherine and Benjamin Lilly of Elkridge, MD; three sisters, Janet Nevelus, Joyce Sperry and Marjorie Webster. He also leaves behind special friends Rob Dunlop, Cynthia Fields, and Carrie Freitag, feline friends "Poe" and "Mookie" as well as extended family and friends.
Services will be private.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests donation to the COPD Foundation, 3300 Ponce De Leon Blvd, Miami,
FL 33134 or donations @copdfoundation.org.
Arrangements by Watson Funeral Home, Millsboro, DE.
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