Dortha Rebholz, was born August 26, 1930 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Bertha (Reinhart) Cool and Raymond E. Cool. She passed from this life Friday, August 9, 2019 at the age of 88. Dortha graduated from Central High School in 1949 and continued her education at St. John's School of Nursing. As a registered nurse at St. John Hospital she worked during the polio epidemic and concluded her nursing career in the newborn nursery, retiring after 30 plus years of dedicated service.
Dortha had a gift of caring for others, loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Dortha was married to James R. Rebholz on January 24, 1953. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sister, Katherine Matthew and granddaughter Sarah Dodson Shultz. She is survived by her two daughters, Marie Chandler, her husband Cameron and Karen Dodson and her husband Rick; her grandson Will Dodson and his wife Kristen and four great grandchildren; Emma and Annie Dodson, and Luke and Madison Shultz.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in honor of Dortha Rebholz to Senior Star at the Arbors, 10201 S Yale Ave, Tulsa, OK 74137, or St. John's Hospice, 4720 S Harvard, Ste 202, Tulsa
Oklahoma, 74135.
Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Calvary Cemetery Chapel, Tulsa, OK. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Chapel, 918-291-3500.