Dorothea “Dorothy” Fitz

Dorothea “Dorothy” L. Fitz, 98 of Zanesville, died, Friday, May 22, 2026 at Genesis Morrison House Hospice. She was born Friday, August 26, 1927, in Zanesville, the daughter of Robert V. Schramm and Mildred Schramm (Armbrust). She married John “Bill” W. Fitz on Friday, November 24, 1944, and was a member of St. Nicholas Catholic Church.

Dorothy, along with her husband, owned the Fitz Children’s Shoppe on Dresden Road for over seventeen years. She was a loving and caring stay at home wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother, who greatly cared for her family, and friends, and cherished the time she spent with them.

Dorothy is now an angel in heaven, but she was our angel while here on earth.

Dorothy is survived by eight children, Marsha (Pat) Norris, Linda Lutz, Kristy (Jeff) Hall, Becky (Roger) Cook, Sherry Bennett, Bill (Jean) Fitz, Karen Bash and David Fitz; sixteen grandchildren: seventeen great-grand-children; three great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband, John “Bill” Fitz; one grandson, Douglas Baldwin; two sons-in-law, Tim Bash and Jim Bennett, two siblings, Virginia Hummel and Robert Schramm, Jr.; an infant brother, Dick, and father and mother-in-law, David S. & Mary M. (Wagner) Fitz.

Friends may call from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at the Hillis Combs Funeral Home, 935 Forest Avenue, Zanesville. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10:30 AM, Wednesday, May 27, 2026, at St. Nicholas Catholic Church, 925 East Main Street, Zanesville, with Fr. Martin J. Ralko as celebrant. Dorothy will be laid to rest beside her husband in Mt. Olive Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Dorothy’s memory. To sign the online guestbook or leave a personal note of condolence please visit www.hilliscombsfh.com.