Dorothy M. Vavricek, 92, of Springville, died Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at Mercy Medical Center.  Celebration of Life Services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, October 1, 2018, at Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Cedar Rapids, located at 2121 Bowling Street SW, with Reverend Kathryn Franzenberg presiding.  Burial will be in Campbell Cemetery.  Visitation will be 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, September 30, 2018 at Brosh Chapel.

Dorothy was born May 26, 1926, on a farm near Solon, the daughter of Jerry and Josephine (Dostal) Merta.  She was united in marriage to Lumir Vavricek on August 27, 1946, at The Little Brown Church in the Vale in Nashua.  Dorothy and Lumir farmed near Bertram and Springville for many years.  Later she worked at Brudzinski's Restaurant and KFC in Marion.  She was a longtime member of CSA Prokop Lodge 137 and enjoyed traveling.  She enjoyed gardening, flowers, cooking, baking, and most of all spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.

Dorothy is survived by her sons Joseph Vavricek of Springville and Gary (Carlene) Vavricek of Martelle; two grandchildren Kyle (Catherine) Vavricek of Mechanicsville and Kurtis (Sydney) Vavricek of Cedar Falls; one great-grandson Korbin and one on the way; her siblings Delores (Larry) Phillippe of Belle Plaine and DeeAnn (George) Sundberg of Bertram; sisters-in-law Peg Zach of Cedar Rapids, Judy Schreiber of Marion and Betty Merta of Lisbon; as well as her nieces, nephews and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Lumir, her siblings Don (Maxine), Robert (Kate), Eldon (JoAnn), Kenneth, Richard, Marvin and Jerry (Helen) Merta Jr., and Darlene Trachta; and her brothers-in-law Leonard Modracek and Ernie Trachta

Memorials may be directed to the family.