Dorothy Mae Caughill Emerich

Dorothy Mae Caughill Emerich was born in her parents home in Port Huron, Michigan on May 29, 1929 to the late Melvin and Harriet Bateman Caughill. Dorothy had an older brother, Ray (deceased), and a younger sister, Edith. Dorothy's mother Harriet died when she was a child and her father remarried Jesse Matthews Caughill and Dorothy gained another sister, Betty. Dorothy was baptized at Gardendale Baptist Church. She attended Port Huron High School and met Bill Emerich in Sociology class as a high school senior. Bill sat in the front row to be excused early for golf team. They both played on the school basketball teams and received sports letters. Dorothy always wanted to be an attorney and applied for law school, but changed to nursing. In 1953 she graduated from Hurley Hospital Nursing School in Flint, Michigan as a Registered Nurse. In 1954, she received the Visiting Nurses Scholarship to study at Columbia University in New York City. When she returned from New York, Dorothy worked in Dr. Ludwig's office and Bill was the manager of a local supermarket. She and Bill married in 1955 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, the church that Bill's father had helped to construct, in Port Huron. Margaret was born in East Lansing on the campus of Michigan State University, where Bill was enrolled. They lived in Garden City and Madison Heights, two suburbs of Detroit, until 1967 when Bill was transferred to Denver by the supermarket company. Dorothy worked part time as the nurse for Wellshire Presbyterian Church Preschool and as a merchandiser for MJB Coffee Company. She volunteered as school nurse for various schools, as a Brownie and Girl Scout leader, and gave immunization injections for the Tri-County Health Department in Arapahoe County. She also volunteered for two years at The Gathering Place and Needs of the People. Dorothy's interests included golf, bowling, gardening, bridge, and travel. Dorothy and Bill attended Holy Spirit Lutheran Church from 1967 to 1979, and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church since 1979. She taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School and made coffee until 2009. She was in the Ruth Bible Study Circle. She assisted in preparing meals for Family Promise, the homeless families program. She was a good friend to many and a faithful witness to God's love. Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, May 15, 2014 at 2:00pm at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 6322 South Lakeview Street, Littleton, CO 80120. Memorials may be made in Dorothy's honor to the church. Please share your memories of Dorothy and condolences with her family by signing the guestbook.