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Monday, February 12, 2018
Doris Divoky
Age: 84
City: Solon
Funeral Date
10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 16, St. Mary?s Catholic Church, Solon
Funeral Home
Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre, Solon
Monday, February 12, 2018
Doris Divoky
DORIS JEAN DIVOKY
Solon
Doris Jean Divoky, 84, of Solon, died Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, at the Solon Nursing Care Center. Funeral Mass will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 16, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Solon. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, at the church. Brosh Chapel and The Avacentre in Solon are handling Doris' arrangements.
Doris was born July 20, 1933, in Prairieburg, the daughter of Mike and Agnes (Walker) Blahnik. She married Richard Divoky on Jan. 11, 1955, in Walker. Doris worked at Collins Radio and worked with Richard on the farm. She worked various jobs, including mail carrier and cleaned many local area homes, while establishing many lifelong relationships. Doris was active in the Solon American Legion Auxilary, Solon Beef Days, Red Hat Society and St. Mary's Catholic Church. She enjoyed going to dances, traveling, spending time in Arizona and, most of all, being around her family.
Doris is survived by her sons, Mark (Julie) and Steve Miller; daughter-in-law, Jean Brothersen; grandchildren, Josh (Michelle) Divoky, Joe Divoky (Tommy Hershberger), Jon Divoky, Candice (Adam) Salow and Danielle (Shane) Hansel; great-grandchildren, Syd and Livy Divoky, Colton, Jackson and Gabrielle Hansel and Paxton and Kipton Salow; her sisters, Phyllis Rausch and Mary Kruse; her brother, Virgil Holub, Lary (Suzanne) Holub and Gary Holub; and her sisters-in-law, Lorene (Don) Trachta and Delores Trachta.
She was preceded in death by her parents; stepfather, Gus Holub; her husband; son, Mike; daughter and son-in-law, Patti and Steve Miller; grandson, Brandon James Divoky; a great-grandson, Lane Richard Salow; her brother, Bill Holub; and brothers-in-law, Bill Rausch and Gary Kruse.
Memorials may be directed to the family.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.broshchapel.com.