Dorothea K. Kloiber

Dorothea Patricia “Dot” (Kennedy) Kloiber, 96, formerly of Ridgewood Drive, passed away on Wednesday, October 18, 2023. Born in Woodbridge, New Jersey, she was the daughter of the late Leo Joseph and Dorothea Jeanne (Wieth) Kennedy. Dot graduated from the Syracuse University (SU) Cadet Nursing Program in 1947 and was a registered nurse with Memorial Hospital prior to having children. Dot used the nursing skills she learned throughout her life, whether volunteering at well baby clinics, as unofficial neighborhood nurse, or while taking care of her beloved husband in later years. She often reminisced with her family about her college days, and she maintained the close friendships she formed with her SU Nursing classmates, who knew her as “Ken”, all her life. Dot was a communicant of St. Rose of Lima Church, North Syracuse and loved her Catholic faith. She made many dear friends and shared the gift of her faith while volunteering as a member of the Altar Rosary Society, teaching CCD, and leading the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults program. Gardening and visiting gardens were a great joy of Dot’s and she passed that interest on to all her children. As a child, Dot and her brother, Lee, studied tap dancing and it wasn’t unusual for her to break into a soft shoe routine in the middle of her kitchen, to the great delight of her family. In addition to her parents, Dot was predeceased by her brother, Lee Kennedy, sister, Judy Williamson, still-born son, Michael, son-in-law Allen, and by her husband of 47 years, Raymond Joseph Kloiber in 1999. Surviving, are her children, Lynn Smith, Patricia Miller, Janet (David Sanford) Lewinski, Laurie (Robert) Conrad, James V. (Joan) Kloiber, Kathryn Caplain and Wendy (Mark) Frederick; grandchildren, Jeff Smith, Kimberly (Jeff) Blandino, Kelly Drake, Claire (Ryan Lowe) Lewinski, Michael (Bernadette) Conrad, Lucy (Andreas) Lichtenberger, Daniel (Jeanine) Conrad, Mary Kloiber, Hannah Kloiber, Julie Caplain, Thomas Caplain, Theodore Frederick and Wyatt Frederick; sixteen great grandchildren; one great great grandson, many nieces and nephews, brother-in-law, Lawrence (Joan) Kloiber and sister-in-law, Dorothy (Albert) Kloiber. Calling hours will be on Monday, October 23rd, from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at Fergerson Funeral Home, 215 South Main Street, North Syracuse. A prayer service will be held at 9:30 am on Tuesday, October 24th, at the funeral home with Mass of Christian Burial at St. Rose of Lima Church at 10:00 am. Burial will be in North Syracuse Cemetery. Donations, in lieu of flowers, may be made to the OCIA Program of St. Rose of Lima Church, 407 South Main Street, North Syracuse, New York.

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Dorothea K. Kloiber

October 18, 2023