Doris Prosch

Doris Prosch (née Becker), a long time resident of Saratoga Springs, NY, died on Tuesday, June 15, after a short battle with cancer. She was 84 years old.
Doris was born on July 23, 1925 in Logansport , Indiana, to Lola Becker (née Bardonner) and Henry Becker. She graduated from Logansport High School in 1942, received her B.A. from Valparaiso University in 1946, and taught history and geography at high schools in Culver and Portage, IN. She and her late husband Harry Prosch, Jr., also of Logansport , were married in 1948. They lived in Chicago, IL, Pocatello, ID, Mt. Carroll, IL, and Dallas, TX, before moving to Saratoga Springs in 1962 when Harry joined the faculty of Skidmore College. They were members of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.
Doris loved to read, everything from Dickens to Vonnegut and works on American history and current events, and was also an avid classical music-lover, especially enjoying the programs at Luzerne Music Center each summer. She supported her children and grandchildren’s education with encouragement, wisdom and generosity. Doris also supported Harry’s scholarly career in countless ways throughout their lives together, even typing the manuscript for his first book in the 1960’s. She had a great sense of humor and a quick mind. She appreciated the beauty of nature and sought out spots to admire its beauty across the seasons in upstate New York and Vermont. Doris was a calm, nurturing, and inspiring presence for her family, and was surrounded by their love through the end of her life.
She will be greatly missed by her children, Michael Prosch and his fiancée, Melissa Trombley, of Saratoga Springs, NY, and Christine Prosch and her husband, Douglas Murray of Alexandria, VA as well as granddaughters Caroline Murray, of Alexandria, VA , and Armaiti Prosch and great-granddaughter Dagny Prosch-Winberg of St.Paul, MN. She is also mourned by her sister Alice Behrendt of Michigan City, IN, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her brother, Ralph Becker, of Beavercreek, OH.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm on Saturday, June 19, at Gundrum Funeral Home in Logansport, IN. Visiting hours are 1- hour prior to services, with interment at Mount Hope Cemetery.
Memorials may be made in Doris’ memory to Lutheran World Relief (700 Light St., Baltimore, MD 21230) or Luzerne Music Center (P. O. Box 35, Lake Luzerne, NY 12846).

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