DOROTHY DOHERTY

© Published in Enid, OK. News

Wed., Nov. 9, 2005

Submitted by: Sylva Rhodes

DOROTHY DOHERTY

A vigil for Dorothy Doherty, 91, of Kiowa, KS., will be 7 p.m. today. Celebration of mass will be 10 a.m. Thurs. Both will be at St. Cornelius Catholic Church, Cherokee, OK. The Rev. Shane Tharp will officiate. Burial will follow in Cherokee Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc., Kiowa, KS. Visitation will be 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Lanman Funeral Home, Kiowa, and 2 to 7 p.m. today at Lanman Funeral Home, Cherokee, OK.

She was born Sept. 20, 1914 in Garlington to Sanford H. and Almeda Ramey Cox and died Monday, Nov. 7, 2005 at Kiowa KS. Hospital.

She graduated from Attica KS. High School in 1932.

She married Edward W. Doherty Oct. 28, 1941, in Kiowa, KS. They made their home in Amorita, OK. for 52 years. He died Jan. 15, 1993.

She was a member of St. Cornelius Catholic Church, Cherokee, OK.

Surviving are four children, Victoria "Vicki" Blevins and Sharon Swafford, both of Kiowa, KS., Phillip "Pete" Doherty of Amorita, OK., and Thomas "Tom" Doherty of Greensburg, KS.; one brother, Wayne Cox of Arizona; two sisters, Loyce Baker of Attica, KS., and Merle Kay Matthiesen of Oregon; 12 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.

In addition to her husband, Edward, she was preceded in death by two sisters and three brothers.

Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Kiowa District Hospital, Amorita-Byron Fire and Rescue or St. Cornelius Catholic Church, Cherokee, OK.

Condolences may be made online at www.lanmanfuneralhomes.com

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