Dorothy Elizabeth Mulder

Dorothy Elizabeth Mulder died Sunday, April 14, 2002, at the Hospice Solace Center. Mrs. Mulder, widow of Pieter Mulder, was the daughter of the late William F. and Kitty Irene Patton Jackson of Tupelo, MS. She and her late husband had lived in Asheville since 1948. Dorothy was an avid tennis player at Aston Park and an active member of the Asheville Rhododendron Club, serving three terms as president. She was a charter member of Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church. She was District Chairperson of the NC Federated Women’s Clubs and was a long time employee and retiree of General Motors Acceptance Corporation in Asheville. Surviving Mrs. Mulder are her niece, Virginia Holbrook Tobias (Mrs. James C.); her grand-nieces, Rebecca Elizabeth Holbrook Miller (Mrs. B.H. Tripp) and Mary Katherine Holbrook Pratt (Mrs. P. Todd); and a great-grandnephew, William Holbrook Miller. She was predeceased by her husband and a sister, Mary Frances Holbrook (Mrs. J.W.). Her family will receive friends from 10:00 - 10:30 am Wednesday at Groce Funeral home on Patton Avenue followed by an 11:00 am graveside service at Green Hills Cemetery conducted by the Rev. Kimberly C. Richter. Pallbearers will be Bill G.B. Smith, T.M. “Frosty” Fincher, Jim Rhew, Carl Bufflap, Bill Warren and Sam Teel. Memorials may be made to Mountain Area Hospice, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.