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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Maurice Lyle Doll
Maurice Lyle
Doll
Jan 1, 1933 — May 29, 2013
Maurice Lyle Doll's Obituary
Maurice Lyle Doll, formerly of Urich, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, Texas. Graveside services will be held 3:00 P.M. Sunday, June 2, 2013 in White Oak Cemetery, Urich, Missouri. The family will receive friends from 6:00-7:30 P.M. Saturday, June 1, 2013 at the Vansant-Mills Chapel. Interment will be in White Oak Cemetery, Urich, Missouri. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Diabetes Association and may be left in care of the funeral home. Fond memories and condolences can be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.
Maurice was born January 1, 1933 in Urich, Missouri, the son of Clarence and Edith (Chenoweth) Doll. He was a graduate of Clinton High School in l951. He served in the U. S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict. When the U. S. captured a Russian MIG, he was a member of the team chosen by Chuck Yeager to take it apart and reasssemble it because it was considered to be the cream of the crop for military planes at that time. He married Betty Lou Brown on November 12, 1955 at the White Oak United Methodist Church by Rev. William H. Owen, Jr. He worked for Gardner-Denver in inside sales working with heavy equipment and construction equipment. He was a member of the White Oak United Methodist Church and the VFW Post 1894, Clinton.
He was an excellent chef and an incredible cook whose specialties were BBQ ribs and brisket. He also made his own barbeque sauce. He always fixed the Thankgiving and Christmas dinners for his family. He loved animals amd was Daddy to many including PJ and Kiwi.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his son, Steve Doll and a nephew, Nelson Henny.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Betty of the home; his daughter, Jana Doll of Bedford, Texas; his daughter-in-law, Andi Doll of Nashville, Tennessee; two sisters, Shirley Henny and husband, Frank of Clinton, Missouri and Irma Woods and husband, Marion of Warrensburg, Missouri; a brother-in-law, George Brown and wife, Vera of Raytown, Missouri as well as a number of nieces and nephews and great nephews and cousins and other relatives and friends.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton.
Maurice was born January 1, 1933 in Urich, Missouri, the son of Clarence and Edith (Chenoweth) Doll. He was a graduate of Clinton High School in l951. He served in the U. S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict. When the U. S. captured a Russian MIG, he was a member of the team chosen by Chuck Yeager to take it apart and reasssemble it because it was considered to be the cream of the crop for military planes at that time. He married Betty Lou Brown on November 12, 1955 at the White Oak United Methodist Church by Rev. William H. Owen, Jr. He worked for Gardner-Denver in inside sales working with heavy equipment and construction equipment. He was a member of the White Oak United Methodist Church and the VFW Post 1894, Clinton.
He was an excellent chef and an incredible cook whose specialties were BBQ ribs and brisket. He also made his own barbeque sauce. He always fixed the Thankgiving and Christmas dinners for his family. He loved animals amd was Daddy to many including PJ and Kiwi.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his son, Steve Doll and a nephew, Nelson Henny.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Betty of the home; his daughter, Jana Doll of Bedford, Texas; his daughter-in-law, Andi Doll of Nashville, Tennessee; two sisters, Shirley Henny and husband, Frank of Clinton, Missouri and Irma Woods and husband, Marion of Warrensburg, Missouri; a brother-in-law, George Brown and wife, Vera of Raytown, Missouri as well as a number of nieces and nephews and great nephews and cousins and other relatives and friends.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton.
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