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Our devoted mother,
Doris M. Black, 85, of Caldwell, passed away Wednesday,
February 12, 1992, at her home. Memorial services will
be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, February 15, 1992, at the United
Methodist Church Caldwell. Reverend Ray Thompson will
officiate.
Mrs. Black was born September 17, 1906, at Overton,
Nebraska. She was raised and attended school in
Trumbull, Nebraska. She and Kenneth Black were married
in 1926 in Hastings, Nebraska. In 1935 they moved to
Caldwell.
Doris joined the Caldwell First Methodist Church in
1937, and was very active in the church, working with children
and youth groups and serving on many of the church boards and
agencies. She was prominent in the Methodist Women's
organization, holding several offices including two times as
president from 1947-1951 and 1974-1976. She was
instrumental in organizing the Caldwell Interdenominational
Study Group in January of 1952. In 1958 she helped
organize and was elected the first president of Caldwell's
United Church Women (now Church Women United). She also
served as the Idaho state president and on the National Board
of Church Women United. In 1968 she was honored with
Special Mission Recognition for her interest and service in
missions. This group offered studies of mission work
throughout the world. In 1986, Doris was honored as a
Valiant Woman by the National CWU. She was also a member
and Post Noble Grand of the Gem of the Mountains Rebekah Lodge
#3.
She is survived by her husband, Kenneth; two sons,
Ross, Gary and wife Peggy, and a daughter, Donna Lee, all of
Caldwell; daughter, Barbara Johnson and husband Vernon from
Superior, Nebraska; a daughter, JoAnn Sloan, and husband
Leland, of East Lakewood, California; a sister, Martha Jane
Dudden, and husband, Garrett, of Sun City, Arizona; and a
brother, Doyle Perry of Sunnyvale, California.
She was preceded in death by her parents, five brothers
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