Dorothy Frances Glass died in Helena, Montana on December 25, 2010. She was born in McClellan Creek on January 13, 1925 to Antone and Frances (Petek) Strainer. <\/p>\n
Dorothy started working instead of going to High School as a potato picker, nanny, housekeeper and cook, and gave her pay checks to her parents. At the age of 16, she became a barmaid, worked at Woolworth\u2019s and then at Eddy\u2019s Bakery. She met Joe Glass at the age of 17, and fell in love and married on March 6, 1943. While Joe fought in the war, she moved to Canada with her son, Charles. While residing there, her son Bob was born.
Dorothy and her family moved back to Helena, where their daughters, Dottie and Victoria were born. They bought their first home on Hillsdale Street. Dorothy continued to work while raising her four children, candling eggs at Al\u2019s Poultry Farm. She then worked at Bill\u2019s Bakery, Supersave Baker, Niblack, and then as a Director of the Y.W.C.A. for five years until Dorothy and Joe owned their own businesses (B&J Bingo and then Glass\u2019 Fish n Chips.) Dorothy and Joe semi-retired in 1984, and a year later went to work part-time for their son, Robert, at the Glass Slipper for 20 years. Dorothy and Joe bought their home on Breckenridge in 1959, and lived there for over 50 years. Dorothy started her early career as a barmaid and ended her working life as a barmaid. Dorothy believed that a great work ethic and staying busy kept her and Joe healthy and happy for many, many years. <\/p>\n
Dorothy loved to dance and listen to polka music and Lawrence Welk. She never missed a chance to watch figure ice skating or Dancing with the Stars on TV. She loved taking care of people and always invited people over for a hot meal. In her later years, she was known as \u201cThe Cupcake Lady,\u201d because she always made cupcakes for special occasions for her friends at The Waterford, where Joe and Dorothy lived together from 2006 to 2010. <\/p>\n
She was preceded in death by her parents and siblings, William and Edward Strainer and Margurite Ann Prebil. She is survived by her husband, Joseph Glass; children, Charles (Barbara) and Robert (Donna) Glass, Dottie (Roy) Maxted and Victoria Glass; 10 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; sisters, Mary Frances Murgel and Betty Herter; brother, Robert (Sharon) Strainer; sister-in-law, Myrth Strainer; and numerous nieces and nephews. <\/p>\n
Dorothy will be missed by her family and many friends. She will be especially missed by Joe, her husband of 67 years. She was known for her ability to gather family and friends together for any reason to celebrate . . . <\/p>\n
A memorial service will be held Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. at the Anderson Stevenson Wilke Funeral Home, 650 S. Logan St. in Helena. <\/p>\n
In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to St. Ann\u2019s Cemetery, P.O. Box 525, East Helena, MT 59635 or to the Montana Military Museum, P.O. Box 125, Fort Harrison, MT 59636.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/296238_profile_pic.png","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}