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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Doris A. Turner
Doris A.
Turner
November 22, 1922 – November 29, 2016
Doris A. Turner's Obituary
Doris A. Turner, 94, of Cedar Rapids, passed away Tuesday morning, November 29, 2016 at Mercy Medical Center.
Funeral Services will be at 11:00 A.M. Saturday at Papich-Kuba Funeral Home East, 1228 2nd Street S.E., by Father Christopher Podhajsky. Burial: Saint John's Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 7 P.M. Friday at the funeral home where a rosary begins at 4:00 P.M.
Doris is survived by daughters, Susan Clark, Saint Joseph, Missouri and Sheri (Randy) Bussey, Cedar Rapids; and Gregg Knapp, Seattle, Washington, who was like a son to Doris. Grandchildren, Theresa (Bill) Nester, Julie (Dean Westman) Clark, Maureen Clark, Michael Clark and Erik (Jaime) Bussey; great-grandchildren, Billy Nester, Michael Clark Jr., Chloe Clark, Ashlee Nester, Connor and Kallen Bussey. Sisters-in-law, Henrietta Lastuvka, Des Moines and Lindy Turner, Winthrop, Minnesota; and nieces and nephews, Mary (Alan) Harris, Amy Flattery, Carol Lastuvka and Tom (Sue Ann) Lastuvka. She is also survived by her lifelong friends, Ruth Archibald and Arlene (ElRoy) Novak as well as special friends, Karen Cole and her nurse, Jenny DeBoer.
She was preceded in death by her husband Bill, her parents, two brothers, Leo and Joseph Lastuvka and her son-in-law, Jimmie D. Clark.
Doris was born November 22, 1922 in Cedar Rapids, the daughter of Joseph Paul and Elsie Elizabeth (Havlena) Lastuvka. She graduated from McKinley High School in 1940 and then attended secretarial school.
Doris worked for the Navy Department at Collins Radio Co. in Cedar Rapids, where she met her future husband William (Bill) Turner. They were married on June 13, 1945 at Saint Wenceslaus Catholic Church and were married for almost 63 years at the time of Bill's passing on March 30, 2008.
Doris was the ultimate homemaker. She loved finding new recipes, making holiday cookies to give to friends, she enjoyed knitting and crocheting and made beautiful afghans and many other things.
Doris loved to travel with Bill, going shopping, her family and friends, the Chicago Cubs and watching singer Daniel O'Donnell.
Doris was a lifelong member of Saint Wenceslaus Catholic Church. She was very much loved and will be deeply missed by her family and friends.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.papich-kubafs.com under "obituaries".
Funeral Services will be at 11:00 A.M. Saturday at Papich-Kuba Funeral Home East, 1228 2nd Street S.E., by Father Christopher Podhajsky. Burial: Saint John's Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 7 P.M. Friday at the funeral home where a rosary begins at 4:00 P.M.
Doris is survived by daughters, Susan Clark, Saint Joseph, Missouri and Sheri (Randy) Bussey, Cedar Rapids; and Gregg Knapp, Seattle, Washington, who was like a son to Doris. Grandchildren, Theresa (Bill) Nester, Julie (Dean Westman) Clark, Maureen Clark, Michael Clark and Erik (Jaime) Bussey; great-grandchildren, Billy Nester, Michael Clark Jr., Chloe Clark, Ashlee Nester, Connor and Kallen Bussey. Sisters-in-law, Henrietta Lastuvka, Des Moines and Lindy Turner, Winthrop, Minnesota; and nieces and nephews, Mary (Alan) Harris, Amy Flattery, Carol Lastuvka and Tom (Sue Ann) Lastuvka. She is also survived by her lifelong friends, Ruth Archibald and Arlene (ElRoy) Novak as well as special friends, Karen Cole and her nurse, Jenny DeBoer.
She was preceded in death by her husband Bill, her parents, two brothers, Leo and Joseph Lastuvka and her son-in-law, Jimmie D. Clark.
Doris was born November 22, 1922 in Cedar Rapids, the daughter of Joseph Paul and Elsie Elizabeth (Havlena) Lastuvka. She graduated from McKinley High School in 1940 and then attended secretarial school.
Doris worked for the Navy Department at Collins Radio Co. in Cedar Rapids, where she met her future husband William (Bill) Turner. They were married on June 13, 1945 at Saint Wenceslaus Catholic Church and were married for almost 63 years at the time of Bill's passing on March 30, 2008.
Doris was the ultimate homemaker. She loved finding new recipes, making holiday cookies to give to friends, she enjoyed knitting and crocheting and made beautiful afghans and many other things.
Doris loved to travel with Bill, going shopping, her family and friends, the Chicago Cubs and watching singer Daniel O'Donnell.
Doris was a lifelong member of Saint Wenceslaus Catholic Church. She was very much loved and will be deeply missed by her family and friends.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.papich-kubafs.com under "obituaries".
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