Katherine Dorriety Bazzell, beloved wife, mother, and friend, passed quietly into her eternal home on Saturday, May 17, 2014, from her residence in Lowndesboro, at age 88.

A native of Montgomery, she graduated from Sidney Lanier High School in 1944, worked for Western Union, where she met her husband of 60 years, Wiley C. Bazzell, Jr., who preceded her in death in 2009. Retiring from the Veterans Hospital to care for her ailing mother and later her mother-in-law, she was also a tireless worker at Woodley Baptist and Calvary Baptist Churches.

She leaves behind her children, Brenda Lloyd, Michael Bazzell, and Anita Allman; six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.

All are welcome to come honor and celebrate a life devoted to service on Thursday, May 22 at 10:00AM at White Chapel Greenwood Funeral Home, with graveside services beginning at 11:00AM in Greenwood Cemetery.

Published in the Montgomery Advertiser on May 20, 2014.