Dorothy Pugsley Grandolfi Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Dorothy Pugsley Grandolfi (Kirkland, Washington), born in Rochester, New York, who passed away at the age of 89, on January 29, 2020. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Dorothy Pugsley Grandolfi to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Florence Puglsey and Howard Puglsey; her siblings, Betty Mechler and Howard Pugsley; and her daughter Sierra.
She is survived by: her friends, Woodlands, Dr. Tanya Wahl, Dr. Todd Freudenberger and Dr. Stephanie Phan; her son-in-law Richard; her daughters, Mia Grandolfi Wall and Gina Grandolfi Khairkhah; her grandchildren, Faith Ann, Narguess, Mo'oud, Jay, Fatemeh and Phoebe; and also, Richard Wall and Taghi Khairkhah.
Dottie bravely battled a plethora of illnesses — COPD, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Glaucoma, and Parkinson's and beat the odds of long-term survival. Her strength simply grew as her challenges increased, and she learned to manage them with grace and dignity – trying new forms of chemotherapy and even participating in a Parkinson's study to see whether dogs can be trained to detect the disease.
