The community is mourning the loss of a beloved religious leader and the founder of Duet: Partners In Health & Aging who lived in North Central.
The community is mourning Reverend Dr. Dosia Carlson, Minister Emeritus of Church of the Beatitudes, who died last month after suffering complications from COVID-19. Carlson and the Church of the Beatitudes in Phoenix founded what is now called Duet: Partners In Health & Aging (photo courtesy of Duet).
Reverend Dr. Dosia Carlson, Minister Emeritus of Church of the Beatitudes, died last month, three days after she turned 91 years old, after suffering complications from COVID-19. She and the Church of the Beatitudes in Phoenix started what is now Duet in the early 1980s. At that time the non-profit organization was called Beatitudes Center DOAR (Developing Older Adult Resources). This interfaith organization promotes health and well-being with its free-of-charge services to homebound adults, family caregivers, faith communities and grandparents raising grandchildren.
Carlson said the non-profit organization began when she was leading the senior adult ministry at Church of the Beatitudes. She and others organized a group called Friendly Adults but realized there were many retirees who could no longer participate. They worked with other congregations and received help from the Area Agency on Aging and Arizona State University faculty to start the organization to assist older adults.
Carlson’s long-time friend, Esther Rings, said prior to her death Carlson talked to her brother and sister-in-law and shared one of her favorite hymns, “Oh Jesus, I Have Promised to Serve Thee to the End.”
The Church of the Beatitudes said Carlson loved life, loved people and “was undeniably a friend,” whose spirit will continue to touch everyone she met.
