July 5, 2011  

LOWVILLE, N.Y.  —  Doris A. Petrovitz, 87, Lowville Heights, passed away Monday, July 4, 2011, at Lewis County General Hospital. 

A funeral Mass will be said 10 a.m. Friday, July 8, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church with Rev. Christopher Carrara, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in Lowville Rural Cemetery. A prayer service will be held 9 a.m. Friday at the Sundquist Funeral Home prior to the funeral services.

Family and friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 7, at Sundquist Funeral Home during which time the V.F.W. Auxiliary will conduct a service at 7 p.m.

Born June 7, 1924, in the town of Martinsburg, the daughter of the late Daniel and Anna Flander McGrath, she graduated in 1940 from Lowville Academy.

She married William J. Petrovitz on June 17, 1942, in St. Peter’s Catholic Church. The couple owned and operated a dairy farm in West Martinsburg until 1970, when they sold the farm. In 1971, Mrs. Petrovitz began working at AMF until her retirement in 1988. Her husband, William died in 1989.

Doris was a devout member and communicant of St. Peter’s Catholic Church and its St. Peter’s Rosary and Altar Society. 

She was also a very active member of Lewis County Memorial Post #6912 VFW Auxiliary; a member of the Lowville Senior Citizens Club, Singing Waters Senior Citizens Club, Martinsburg Historical Society, Lewis County General Hospital Auxiliary for which she volunteered her time working in the Hospital Gift Shop. 

Among her many other interests, Doris enjoyed dancing, playing euchre, word puzzles, jig saw puzzles and spending time with her family.

Surviving are a son and his wife, William D. and Carol Petrovitz, Highland, N.Y.; her daughters and their husbands, Norma and Fred Clark and Betty and Wayne Davis, all of Lowville; seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

In addition to her husband, Doris was predeceased by seven brothers, Maynard P., Vincent J., Raymond D., Leo J., Donald G., Bernard G., and Maurice E. McGrath, and two sisters, Madaline Weigandt and Mary J. Schwendy.

Contributions may be made in Doris’ name to St. Peter’s Catholic Church Memorial Fund, Lowville, NY 13367.

Condolences may be made on the online guest book at www.sundquistfh.com. 










Information provided by Sundquist Funeral Home of Lowville and Newzjunky, Watertown, N.Y.