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Doris Daniels
DORIS DANIELS
West Union
Doris Ann Daniels was born Sept. 8, 1931, on a family farm near West Union, Iowa, to Clarence "Bert" and Winifred "Ruth" (Wilbur) Jellings. She graduated from West Union High School in 1949. She was united in marriage to Albert "Earl" Daniels on March 5, 1949, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. The couple managed the bowling alley in West Union for many years. In 1949, Earl's brother bought Spec's Diner, with the help of Doris and Earl, on the fairgrounds in West Union. Doris and Earl helped run the business during summer evenings, weekly races and the weeklong fair, until the building was donated to the Fayette County Fairground in 1992.
Doris worked in payroll and bookkeeping at Amana Refrigeration from 1965 to 1970 and Maquoketa Valley High School from 1971 to 1977. Doris also lived and worked in many other places in eastern Iowa, including Victor, Delhi, Morning Sun and most recently Marion.
She enjoyed walking and crafts, including crocheting, knitting and sewing. She loved to travel to visit family and friends.
Doris passed away Saturday, May 24, 2014, at the Good Samaritan Center in West Union.
Doris is survived by her four children, Dean Daniels of Marion, Louise Stine of Dayton, Ohio, Joan (Virgil) Reth of Delhi and Deborah (David) Goff
of Monticello; a brother, Clarence (Lois) Jellings of Clinton; a sister, Arleta (Don) Vandersee of Fayette; nine grandchildren, Courtney Daniels, Mic Stine, Matthew Stine, Mark Stine, Angie (Pat) Pokorney, Sandy (Cody) Miller, Jon (Tereasa) Reth, Dan (Amanda) Thomas and Heather Thomas; five great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her husband;
parents; two brothers, Donald and Robert; and several sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.
A memorial service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 28, at Burnham-Wood Funeral Home in West Union with the Rev. Galen Smith officiating. Inurnment will
follow in West Union
Cemetery.
S.K. Rogers Funeral Home of West Union is in charge of arrangements.
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