Dolores J. Willis, dedicated to family
Dolores J. (Keenan) Willis, 77, of Crescent Township and Rehoboth Beach, died peacefully Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at home with her family. She was born March 3, 1946, in Pittsburgh, the daughter of the late William and Elizabeth (Ramolt) Keenan.
In addition to her parents, Dolores was preceded in death by her husband Cecil C. Willis in 2002, and her sister Margaret Schaefer and brother Francis Keenan.
She is survived by her three children: Kelly Konz (Donald) of Potomac, Md., Lauren Prepelka (Nathan) of Pittsburgh, and Grant Willis of Rehoboth Beach; 10 grandchildren, Kelsea, Lindsay, Garrison, Gabriel, Brooklynne, Lukas, Grace, Carlyn, Cayden and Camilla. She is also survived by her brother William Keenan, and numerous devoted nieces and nephews.
Dolores graduated from St. Benedict's Academy and worked at Bell Telephone until she started her family, for which she dedicated her time and heart. In Pittsburgh, she loved to host Christmas each year for her family, filling stockings for every adult child and grandchild. She tended to her plants and many bird feeders. While in Rehoboth, she was an avid collector of sea glass, enjoyed her late-afternoon visits to the ocean and happy hour with 'snick snacks' on the deck with Hickman Street or Pittsburgh friends. Regardless of the city, Dolores loved to take her faithful sidekick Piper on walks around the neighborhood and routinely attended her local church. Now, after 20 years, “Babe” is joyfully reunited with Cecil.
Friends are invited to a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m., Friday, May 12, at St. Margaret Mary Church, Moon Township, Pa. Private interment will take place at Christ Our Redeemer Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Pittsburgh Foundation at pittsburghfoundation.org/michaelmcnaughtonban. Dolores had a close relationship with her great-nephew Michael McNaughton Ban. His Pittsburgh Foundation serves philanthropies such as Cancer Caring Center, Jeremiah's Place and Children's Hospital, to name a few.
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