Obit: Orr, Rose “Dee” (1947 - 2020)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Orr, Kroeplin, Zaszczurynski, Bartus, Cavitt, Peach, King, Moore, Felix

----Source: Plombon Funeral Home (Stanley, Clark Co., WI) 10/17/2020

Orr, Rose “Dee” (11 August 1947 - 29 May 2020)

Rose “Dee” Orr, 72 of Stanley, died Friday, May 29, 2020 at Marshfield Medical Center-Eau Claire.

She was born on August 11, 1947 at Victory Memorial Hospital- Stanley to the late Leon and Cora (Kroeplin) Zaszczurynski. Dee grew up in the area attending schools at St. Michael’s in Chicago, Owen-Withee, Almond, Gilman, Prentice, Stanley-Boyd and Bremen, IL. She was a waitress and worked some factory jobs.

On May 27, 1995 she married Richard “Rick” Orr at St. James Catholic Church in Sauk Village, IL. The couple owned and operated American Beauty Limousines until their retirement when they moved to Stanley. Dee was a member of All Saints Parish, the PCCW and the Thorp American Legion Auxiliary.

Dee is survived by her daughters, Robin Bartus, Corinna Cavitt, Leeanna “Annie” Peach and Sharon King, 11 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and one brother, Fred Zaszczurynski. She is preceded in death by her husbands, Roger Moore and Rick Orr, her sons, Arthur Cavitt and Michael Bartus and her parents.

A funeral mass was held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at Holy Family Catholic Church-Stanley with Father William Felix officiating. Burial followed in Holy Family Catholic Cemetery.

Visitation was on Monday, June 1, from 5-7 p.m. at the Plombon Funeral Home with a 7 p.m. Rosary by the Legion of Mary, and June 2 prior to departure to the church at the funeral home.