Obituaries

Sr. Dolores Ann Gohs, CDP died peacefully at Holy Family Home on April 28, 2026.

She was a professed member of the Congregation of Divine Providence for 66 years. Born in Dayton, KY in 1942 to Walter and Loretta Hurst Gohs, she made her first profession of vows in 1960 and professed her final vows in 1965.

Sr. Dolores served as a teacher or principal for sixty years in various schools throughout the state of Kentucky. She began her ministry as teacher in 1960 at Christ the King School, Lexington until 1964 and was transferred to Our Lady of the Mountains School in Paintsville. In 1965 she went to West Covington to teach at St. Anne School and then to St. Joseph School in Camp Springs. In 1970 Sr. Dolores went to St. Bernard School, Dayton and in 1972 began her tenure there as principal until she was asked to go to St. Francis de Sale, Newport s in 1975 as a middle school teacher. Five years later she became the principal at St. Francis until 1987 when she went to Good Shepherd School, Frankfort and served as principal until 1995 when she returned to Newport. She was the junior high teacher there until 2003 when she became principal and teacher at St. Philip School, Melbourne until 2014.

Throughout the changes in various schools, she was a strong and reliable guide for the many students and teachers she worked with over the years. In 2014 until 2022 she was the Province Archivist but continued to help in the St. Philip School library, tutor students or teach English as a second language at El Centra de la Divina Providencia.

Sr. Dolores was a gentle and easy person to be with. She was an excellent science teacher enabling many students to develop an appreciation of projects and to be involved in various competitions related to science. She loved to sew and was generous in offering assistance where she could. She was a faithful friend to many and devoted to her family until dementia slowly took over her abilities. Her smile was always offered when words escaped her.

She will be missed by her religious community, the Sisters of Divine Providence, her sisters, Sr. Paula Gohs, Pauline Grome, Rose Kremer and Margie Graman, and her brothers-in-law Jim Grome, Bernie Graman, Paul Kremer and George Seurkamp and many nieces and nephews. Her sister Sylvia Seurkamp preceded her in death.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in Immaculate Conception Chapel, Holy Family Home, Melbourne, Saturday, May 9, 2026. Gathering and sharing of memories service begins at 10:00 am, with the Mass of Resurrection at 11:00 am followed by interment in the convent cemetery.

Memorials to the Congregation of Divine Providence, 5300 Saint Anne Drive, Melbourne, KY 41059.