Date Of Birth: January 28, 1920
Date Of Death: August 9, 2011
William Jenkins Dorworth, 91, passed away on August 9, 2011 at his home after a long illness. He is survived by his wife, Frances, his four children, Mary Charnley, Alice Holder, Ruth Padgett, and Jon Dorworth, their families, and his sister, Anne Goodman of Orlando, Florida.
Bill graduated from Penn State in 1941 and was a member and the President of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. He was also a veteran of World War II. He served on board the USS Dace submarine as a torpedo officer. Cmdr Dorworth retired from the Navy Reserve in 1960, continuing as a member of the Submarine Veterans of WWII.
Bill worked for the General Electric company as a District Manager in Industrial Sales. He worked for GE for over 40 years and was honored to be a GE Elfun Society President from 1974-1975. He also was a devoted servant in his church, holding the post of senior chairman for the Episcopal Diocese of Milwuakee in 1971 and served as a term as Master of Henry L. Palmer Masonic Lodge, Wauwatosa, WI, where he was a member for over 60 years. A memorial service will be held Saturday, August 13, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 6050 N. Meridian Street, at 2 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be directed to Habitat for Humanity.
Ruth says
One of your favorites, Dad:
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 1807GÇô1882
55. A Psalm of Life
What the Heart of the Young Man Said to the Psalmist
TELL me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!GÇö
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest! 5
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way; 10
But to act, that each to-morrow
Find us farther than to-day.
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating 15
Funeral marches to the grave.
In the world’s broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife! 20
Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act,GÇöact in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o’erhead!
Lives of great men all remind us 25
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;
Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o’er life’s solemn main, 30
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.
Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing, 35
Learn to labor and to wait.
Beth Parry ODonnell says
To all my Dorworth cousins and especially Aunt Fran
I so wish I could be there with all of you to celebrate the life of Uncle Bill. I have such fond memories of him driving the car to take Ruthie to camp I think and having the suitcases fly off the top of the car! Uncle Bill was fun loving and I will always remember his warm smile. May you rest in peace Uncle Bill. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you on this sad day.
With much love Beth
Rehab Care Line says
Sending our love and thoughts to you and your family during this time of loss.
Rehab Care Line, Cincinnati VA Medical Center
Mary Anne Dorworth Charnley says
Dad, This song came to me this morning as I was thinking of you…how wonderful it is to know that God’s love is so deep and great and encompassing!
“O the deep, deep love of Jesus, vast, unmeasured, boundless, free! Rolling as a mighty ocean in its fullness over me! Underneath me, all around me, is the current of Thy love Leading onward, leading homeward to Thy glorious rest above! O the deep, deep love of Jesus, spread His praise from shore to shore! How He loveth, ever loveth, changeth never, nevermore! How He watches oGÇÖer His loved ones, died to call them all His own; How for them He intercedeth, watcheth oGÇÖer them from the throne! O the deep, deep love of Jesus, love of every love the best! GÇÖTis an ocean full of blessing, GÇÖtis a haven giving rest! O the deep, deep love of Jesus, GÇÖtis a heaven of heavens to me; And it lifts me up to glory, for it lifts me up to Thee!”
I love you, Dad!!
Jennie Moe Ehrmann says
Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you Dorworths, from your friends back in Tosa.
Marie and Nancy says
Fran, our hearts go out to you and your family at this time of sorrow. We always enjoyed Bill’s talks of Penn state and of being in the Navy during our visits with Gordon at Hooverwood. As you grieve know that we are remembering you and honoring the memory of Bill. Sincerely, Marie and Nancy