Dorothy E. Smolen Peters

Remembering Dorothy with Love... Dorothy E. (Krick) Smolen Malinowski Peters, age 89, of Wernersville, died January 25, 2009, in Reading Hospital and Medical Center, West Reading. She had resided at Mifflin Center , Shillington, for the past 6 months. Born in Fritztown, a daughter of the late Adam H. Krick, Sr. and Annie (Schlegel) Krick, she was preceded in death by 3 husbands, John J. Smolen, Jr. (1962), Stanley Malinowski (1967) and Francis W. Peters (2002). Dorothy retired after 28 years as a senior file clerk with Rohm-n-Haas, Philadelphia , a plastics and chemical firm. She enjoyed dancing, big band music, word search and crossword puzzles. Surviving are sons, Michael A. Smolen, Waterbury , CT ; and John J. "Bud" Smolen, III, Wernersville; 13 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great-grandchildren. A son, Paul H. Smolen, died in 2001, and 6 siblings predeceased her.