Dolores Eileen (Parker) Wittmer, 91, of Mount Pleasant passed away peacefully on Friday, October 10, 2025, at the New London Specialty Care Center, with the comfort of Every Step Hospice.
Dolores was born on August 28, 1934, in Van Buren County, the daughter of Ancle and Nellie (Roberts) Parker. She graduated from Keosauqua High School and went to college to get her degree in accounting. Dolores was married to Harold Ensminger and later to Alie Wittmer who preceded her in death on November 8, 2003.
Dolores owned and operated the Speed Queen Laundromat in Burlington and was an accountant for many different businesses and individuals. She worked for the Mount Pleasant local grain elevator, Messer Feeds and then later sold to Agri Center and retired soon after that. Dolores loved the wilderness and the wildlife in it; she had many odd wildlife pets that visited her house daily that she fed and talked to and took care of as well.
Dolores had no children but had good friends and neighbors to rely on. Gary and Faye Newman looked after her and helped her after her husband passed away. She became sick in 2022 and moved to the New London Specialty Care Center.
She is survived by her niece, Deborah Hoskins and her nephew, Stephen Hoskins.
Dolores is preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, her sister, Miriam Hoskins, and her brother -in-law, Albert Hoskins.
Dolores will be missed by all who knew her and especially her neighbors.
Private services will be held, and burial will be in the Forest Home Cemetery of Mount Pleasant.
The Murphy Funeral Home of Mount Pleasant is honored to serve the family with love, comfort and dignity as we celebrate the life of Dolores Wittmer.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.murphyfuneralandmonuments.com