AUDIO: Funeral Service for Dorothea (Dottie) Mae Heslop
Funeral Service for Dorothea (Dottie) Mae Heslop
Monday January 9, 2023
10:00 a.m. - Remembrance
10:30 a.m. - Service
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First Reading – Acts 4:5-12
On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, with Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, “By what power or by what name did you do this?” Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders, if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed, let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well. This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Epistle Reading – 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18; 5:23-24
For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.
Gospel Reading – John 11:17-27
Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.”
Obituary
On Sunday, December 31, 2022 Dorothea (Dottie) Mae Heslop, loving mother, passed away peacefully. She was 92. Born to Robert and Elsie Lincoln on October 7, 1930 in Quarryville Pennsylvania. Wife of the late Glenn R. Heslop and mother of the late James Heslop. She is survived by her children, Glenn Heslop Jr. (Atlanta, GA), Stephen Heslop (Pittsburgh), Deborah Sterba (Pittsburgh) and Christopher Heslop (Pittsburgh) and her 16 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren.
Dottie was a quiet, kind and classy woman who loved her family. She loved to walk, exercise, read, play cards with her girlfriends, and was a long time member of the Zion Lutheran choir. She was also a piano player in her earlier years and loved to play on her white baby grand. Her other love was her toy fox terrier, Mindy, she loved that dog and never stopped talking about her.
Dottie will be very missed by her family. Her smile, warmth, generosity and award-winning hugs will live on in the spirt of her family for years to come. A memorial service will be held on January 9, 2023 at 10:00am at Zion Lutheran Church; 3197 Washington Pike, Bridgeville, PA. 15107. In lieu of flowers please make a donation to Zion Lutheran Church at: https://www.zlcb.org/donate
