Obituary of Dorothy S. Weeks

<p>Dorothy S. &ldquo;Dodie&rdquo; Weeks, 91, formerly of Urbana, Ill., died March 11, 2014, in LaCrosse Wisconsin where she had come to live eight years ago to be near her daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Ronald Chaney. Mrs. Weeks lived at The Willows assisted living facility for her first six years in LaCrosse and more recently had been a resident of Bethany Riverside.</p> <p>She was born July 10, 1922, in Grayville, Ill., a daughter of Earl and Alice Briswalter Skiles. She attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1942 she married Francis W. Weeks, a faculty member in the U of I Department of English. He died in 1993.</p> <p>She is survived by her seven daughters and their families: Hilda Kuter and her husband David of Madison, Wis., and Chris, Andy and Emily Kuter; Anne Weeks and her husband Ola Royrvik of Skedsmokorset, Norway, and Bjorn and Ellen Royrvik; Ginny Weeks of Browning, Mont.; Sally Weeks of Brownsville, Texas, and Christina Somlo; Muffie Bilyeu and her husband Mike of Bozeman, Mont., and Ali and Drew Bilyeu; Cyndi Muiznieks and her husband Vik of North Chelmsford, Mass., and Laura, Carolyn and Paul Muiznieks; and Janet Chaney and her husband Ron of LaCrosse, and Liz, Evan and Wilson Chaney. Mrs. Weeks is also survived by two great-grandchildren.</p> <p>In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a grandson, Martin Royrvik; a son-in-law, Tibor Somlo; and her sister, Mary Phyllis Preston.</p> <p>Mrs. Weeks was a member of the Urbana-Champaign Friends Meeting (Quakers) and for many years served as its treasurer. While raising her family, she at various times was a Brownie leader, Girl Scout leader, 4-H leader and PTA president. She was a member of Delta Zeta sorority. Ballroom dancing was her favorite pastime.</p> <p>Family memorial services were private. Interment will be next to her husband in the Weeks family plot in South Sodus Cemetery, Sodus.</p> <p>Memorial contributions may be made to the Urbana-Champaign Friends Meeting, 1904 E. Main St., Urbana, IL 61802.</p> <p>Arrangements by the Schumacher-Kish Funeral and Cremation Services of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and the Norton Funeral Home of Sodus.</p>