Dorothy C. Beckmann, nee Winter, 86, of Germantown, died Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at St. Joseph Hospital in Breese.   

Mrs. Beckmann was born September 26, 1924 in Germantown TWP to Henry and Anna (Kahrhoff) Winter; they preceded her in death. 

Also preceded in death by sisters, Pauline Billhartz, Eleanor Winter, and Marie Warnecke; brothers, Louis Winter and Alvin Winter; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, Fern Winter, Virgil Warnecke, Franklin Billhartz, Harold Kaatman, Norbert Kalmer, Florence and Ollie Holtmann, Leon and Johanna Beckmann, Mac and Cattie Beckmann, Leona and Charlie Mueller, Carrie and Ed Hagenhoff, and Grace and Pete Meier.   

She married Alfred “Fred” Beckmann on May 7, 1946 at St. Boniface Church in Germantown; he survives in Germantown. 

Also surviving are her children, Dale (fiancé Diane Biffar) Beckmann of Germantown, Mary Kay (Dan) Sutton of Glendale, AZ, and Coleen (Jerry) Schroeder of Germantown; 5 grandchildren, Christian (Tammy) Schroeder, Brad (Heidi) Schroeder, Aric (fiancé Andrea Linders) Schroeder, Anna (Ryan) Venhaus, Matthew Schroeder; 6 great-grandchildren, Austin Richter, Olyvia, Troy, Cole, and Craig Schroeder, and Madeline Venhaus;  a sister, Ruth Dahir of Gardener, MA; and sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, Ruth Winter of Belleville, Pat Kaatman of St. Louis, Sue Kalmer of Germantown, and Vern (Nancy) Beckmann of St. Louis.  

Dorothy retired as a seamstress at Highland Garment and was a member of St. Boniface Church and Altar Sodality and Germantown American Legion Post 325 Auxiliary. 

Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, December 31, 2010 at 10:00 AM at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Germantown with Fr. James Buerster and Deacon Rich Bagby officiating.  Interment will follow in St. Boniface Cemetery, Germantown. 

Visitation will be Thursday, December 30, 2010 from 4:00-8:00 PM and again on Friday, December 31, 2010 from 8:00-9:45 AM at the Moss Funeral Home in Germantown. 

Memorials can be made to the Germantown Fire Department First Responders, St. Joseph Hospital Lights for Scholarship, or VNA-TIP Hospice and will be received at the funeral home. 

The Germantown American Legion Auxiliary will visit the funeral home at 7:00 PM Thursday evening.