Dolores Ann Braun (nee Fitzsimmons), of Jamison, died peacefully on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. She was 80 years old.

Dolores was the loving wife of the late Donald R. Braun, Sr. The couple was married for 58 years.

Born in Philadelphia, PA, Dolores was the daughter of the late Patrick and Mary Gallagher Fitzsimmons, sister of the late Patrick Fitzsimmons and sister-in-law of the late Theresa Fitzsimmons, and Mary Jane Fitzsimmons.

Dolores was the matriarch of the Braun Family who raised seven children and helped to nurture her 19 grandchildren and great grand daughter.  She was a Realtor for Prudential Fox and Roach for many years and she was a devoted volunteer at her church with Aid for Friends and other outreach groups.  Dolores had an incredible sense of humor and an infectious laugh.  She cherished and loved all the days she spent with her family in her home, their homes and especially those shore days in Ocean City, NJ.  Dolores will be eternally loved by everyone who has had the pleasure to have been in her life and loved by her.

Dolores will be greatly missed by her children and their spouses, Donald Braun Jr. (Jeanne), Mary Ann Braun, John Braun (Susan), Bernadette Braun (Tom Biemer), Robert Braun (Susan), Tracy O’Leary (Dennis Jr.), and Joseph Braun (Kristin).

She is the proud grandmother of Lauren Sager (Dan), Caley, Jack, and Maddie Braun; Christina, Michael and Joseph Ambrose; John Patrick and Megan Braun; Harry and Jack Biemer; Daniel, Ryan and Katie Braun; Aidenn, Joseph and Mackenzie O’Leary; and Shea and Aubrynne Braun; great grandmother of Caroline Patricia Sager; sister of Robert and Maureen Fitzsimmons, and John Fitzsimmons; and sister-in-law of Therese Fitzsimmons.

Dolores’s family will receive friends on Thursday Eve. from 6:00 to 8:00pm at the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home 800 Newtown Richboro Rd. (at Holland Rd.) Richboro, PA 18954; and at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, 81 Swamp Road Newtown, PA 18940 on Friday, from 10:00am until her Funeral Mass at 11:00 am.  Interment will follow at St. John Neumann Cemetery in Chalfont. 

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Center for Dementia Research, Nathan Kline Institute 140 Old Orangeburg Rd.  Orangeburg, NY 10962.