Spawner of Evil Croaks

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It only took 70 years, but the shame of spawning an evil ethics violator must have finally gotten to her. Rot in hell, Gollin pig.

Dolores Joseph

1928 - 2023



BORN              DIED
1928               2023


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Queens College
University of Illinois

FUNERAL HOME                           UPCOMING SERVICE
Renner-Wikoff Chapel                    Celebration Of Life
1900 S Philo Rd                             May 14, 2023
Urbana, Illinois                              3:00 p.m.
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DOLORES JOSEPH OBITUARY

CHAMPAIGN - Dolores Rebecca Joseph, 94, of Champaign passed away Friday, May 5, 2023, at ClarkLindsey, Urbana.

Dolores, born July 9, 1928, was the fourth child of Lewis Joseph and Rose (Flaxman) Joseph. Lew was a New York City detective and then assistant district attorney, while Rose earned a degree in law but never practiced, instead staying home to raise their children, Ruth, Elaine, Edwin and Dolores.

Dolores was preceded in death by her older siblings.

Dolores was twice married and twice divorced; both ex-husbands were named Sidney. The first Sidney was the father of their two children, George Gollin, a physics professor at the University of Illinois, and Olivia Gollin Hoepfl, a retired special-education teacher and coordinator, living in Ohio. George and his wife, Melanie Loots, are parents to Dolores' first grandchild, Cordelia, while Olivia and her husband, Bill Hoepfl, are parents to Dolores' second grandchild, Lucas. Cordelia and her husband, Viraj, are the parents of Anjali, Dolores' great-granddaughter.

Dolores earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Brooklyn and Queens College, taught English in New York City and suburban schools, and eventually moved into administration as an assistant principal. She retired in 1986 and joined her sisters in a senior citizens' residential community outside Princeton. There she met Donald Jones, a retired physician who became her partner in life for nearly 20 years. Dolores and Donald eventually moved to Champaign to be closer to her family.

Dolores was a strong, aggressive tennis player who regularly trounced the (male) teachers with whom she would play and, after retiring, played with a group of women who were 30 years her junior. She was a talented pianist, blasting through complicated pieces like the Grieg Piano Concerto and solo-piano reductions of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and other compositions. Dolores loved Chautauqua Institution and vacationed there during summers for more than 30 years. She was loving, strong-willed, charismatic and wonderful mother and grandmother who loved to cook.

We will miss her and will celebrate her life Sunday, May 14, at 3 p.m., at Renner-Wikoff Chapel, 1900 Philo Road, Urbana.

Published by The News-Gazette on May 12, 2023.