Dorothy J. Sandhop

Dorothy L. Sandhop, passed away February 26, 2014 in her sleep after a short illness. Dorothy was born November 3, 1925 in Great Falls, MT. She is survived by her five children; Ronald (Jane), Midwest City, OK, Carl (Cindy), E. Wenatchee, Philip (Anne), Wenatchee, WA; Devin (Chris), Kent, WA; and Loren (Dawn), Moses Lake, WA. She is also survived by 7 grandchildren (Patrick Sandhop, Mary (Mark) Wells, Monica (James) Ferris , all of Midwest City, and Eric Sandhop, Oklahoma City, OK; Zach (Bella) Troxler, Marysville; and Kendall and Avery Sandhop, Moses Lake, WA as well as 7 great-grand children. She was preceded in death by her husband Kenneth, her parents, Arthur and Elizabeth LaSalle, and her three siblings: Conrad LaSalle, Marie Cox and Walter LaSalle. Dorothy was the fourth of four children born to Arthur and Beth LaSalle, who lived in Great Falls and then later Lewistown, Montana. She was valedictorian of her senior class at St. Leo’s HS, Lewistown, MT in 1943. After graduating from Western Union Telegraph School in 1944, she had worked for Western Union in Bozeman and Camp Adair in the ending years of World War II, prior to coming to Wenatchee. She moved to the Wenatchee Valley at the convincing of her cousin, Louise (Flynn) Kirschner. It was in Wenatchee where she met her lifelong partner, Ken Sandhop, a soldier on leave from the Army visiting family in the valley. She married Kenneth Sandhop in Lewistown, MT. on January 15, 1947. After the War, they resided in Wenatchee, raising five boys who all attended St. Joseph Catholic school and Wenatchee H.S. She was a mother and homemaker first to the five boys, then in her later years, retired as the bookkeeper for Abby’s Pizza. She was a member of St. Joseph’s and later Holy Apostles Catholic Church, supporting parish and school as a volunteer and was active in Catholic Daughters. She enjoyed knitting hats in her weekly club in her neighborhood at Meadowridge. The Holy Rosary will be said Sunday March 2nd at 7 PM at Jones & Jones-Betts Funeral Home, 302 Ninth Street, Wenatchee. Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday March 3rd at 11 AM at Holy Apostles Catholic Church, 1315-8th St. NE, East Wenatchee. Please express your thoughts and memories on the online guest book at jonesjonesbetts.com. Arrangements are by Jones & Jones-Betts Funeral Home.

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Dorothy J. Sandhop

November 3, 1925 - February 26, 2014