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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Doris Ann Fritz
Doris Ann
Fritz
Apr 4, 1937 — Jun 3, 2021
Doris Ann Fritz's Obituary
Kittery, ME - Doris Ann Fritz, 84, of Kittery, passed away peacefully in the night on June 3rd, 2021 with the crickets and frogs singing outside her window. Born in Dover on April 4, 1937, she was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt, sister, and friend.
Doris was one of the hardest workers you'd ever meet, and her favorite phrase was: "
Good, better, best, never let it rest until your good gets better and your better gets best!
"
She loved to tend to her yard and the massive oak out back. There was not a stray twig to be found in her yard! Even more, she loved to spoil her four grand-daughters-- Sarah, Stephanie, Breanna and Bethany, dressing them like Shirley Temple and taking trips to the malls. She later spoiled great-grandsons, Waylon and Joshua, buying them all the latest gadgets at her job at Walmart. She was a well-known staple as the greeter at the Newington Wal-mart, working there for 16 years. People really looked forward to seeing her. She even had a newspaper article written about her entitled "Our Lady of the Walmart"!
Doris made many friends there, as she was always quick to help others in any way she could. She worked at Watts Fluid Air for more than 30 years and made many friends whom she met regularly for lunch. She looked forward to the yearly company picnics with the lifelong and fabulous friends she'd made.
Doris and her husband Barry, Sr. spent many good decades in their home on a quiet dirt road by a creek with horseshoe crabs where everybody was welcome! They shared many great pots of coffee, well-done cheeseburgers, laughs and road-trips with their son, Barry, Jr., whom Doris was more proud of than anything. She loved him so much, she even loved to surprise him in college with visits to his Fraternity! :) Doris and Barry, Sr. were excellent parents and then grandparents together, taking their granddaughters to favorite places like Story Land, York's Wild Kingdom, Papa Gino's, Goldenrod, Sebago Lake and any other places they could dream of! They loved a nice restaurant and knew how to live. Doris would have bought you the moon if she could.
She was well-known for her exacting attention to detail particularly in matters where it counted, like the recipe for Nestle Toll House cookies, which she followed to a T.
Doris was a grand gamer, too. You did not want to come up against her in a game of checkers or Boggle! And she had a brilliant mind for math. She loved going to the casinos with her sisters, Shirley and Gloria, and enjoyed their visits to Florida. She loved to go see her brother, Ron, at his lakeside house, too. Family and friends were her life. She spent her later years closely tending to her beloved cat, Harold. She saw to his every comfort, tucking him in with warm towels from the dryer.
Doris was predeceased by her husband, Barry Fritz, Sr., her granddaughter, Bethany Anne Fritz, her sister, Shirley Green, and brother, Ronald Ducharme.
She is survived by her son, Barry, Jr., and his wife, Roxanne; her granddaughters, Sarah Lachance and partner Trevor Bartlett, Stephanie Lachance and friends Riley and Fiona, and Breanna Fritz and partner Jeremy Knapp, Great-Grandsons, Joshua and Waylon Knapp, her sister, Gloria and husband, Peter Britt, as well as special nieces, nephews, friends, and neighbors.
We're going to miss you so, GG!
Visiting hours will be from 4 to 6 PM on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at J.S. Pelkey & Son Funeral Home, 125 Old Post Rd, Kittery, ME. Services and burial will be held at a later date.
Visiting hours will be from 4 to 6 PM on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 at J.S. Pelkey & Son Funeral Home, 125 Old Post Rd, Kittery, ME. Services and burial will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Southern Maine Meals on Wheels program at
https://www.smaaa.org
.
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