Dorothy J. Kerkhoff, age 84, of the Good Samaritan Home, formerly of 3407 Lewis Drive, Quincy died on Thursday, December 9, 2010 in the home.

“And He will raise you up on eagle’s wings,
Bear you on the breath of dawn,
Make you to shine like the sun,
And hold you in the palm of His Hand”

Dorothy was born on January 10, 1926 in Adams County, IL the daughter of Arthur & Edna (Distelhorst) Walbring. She married Paul Kerkhoff on May 23, 1942 in Palmyra, Mo. He preceded her in death on November 23, 1999. Dorothy was a homemaker and also had worked for Quincy Paper Box Company and Big B Cleaners. Dorothy was a member of the Church of St. Peter. She enjoyed reading, old movies, wall papering, upholstering, sewing, cooking, walking, and baby-sitting her grandkids.

Dorothy is survived by:
FOUR CHILDREN: Bill Kerkhoff and his wife Donna, Debbie Laws and her husband Bob, Paulette Fessler and her husband Steve, and George Kerkhoff and his wife Kathy.
TEN GRANDCHILDREN: Aaron Kerkhoff and his wife Michelle, Mark Kerkhoff, Lauren Kerkhoff, Jennifer Harvey and her husband Alan, Barb Gramke and her husband Rob, and Susan Peters and her husband Bo, Sara Zehnle and her husband Ben, Lora Belden, Kohl Kerkhoff and Haley Kerkhoff.
EIGHT GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN: Jackson and Carson Kerkhoff, Kyle and Connor Gramke, Hannah, Ellie, Maddie and Lauryn Peters.
ONE SISTER: Gladys Dunker
BROTHER-IN-LAW: Jerry Griffith
Numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives also survive.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her father Arthur Walbring, her mother Edna Servaes along with her husband Jim Servaes, a sister Peggy Griffith, a brother: Bill Walbring and a brother-in-law: Leroy Dunker.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at 11:00 AM in the Duker & Haugh Funeral Home by Father Roy Bauer. Visitation will be held on Wednesday morning from 10:00 until 11:00 at the funeral home. Interment in Calvary Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer’s Research, Quincy Humane Society or to the Good Samaritan Home. www.dukerandhaugh.com