Doris Mae Gaylord, was born on March 6, 1925 in Essex, Missouri and departed this life on December 25, 2019 in Dexter, Missouri at the age 94.
After graduating from Gray Ridge school, Doris got her teaching certificate and taught at Marco School for a year and a half. She married Woodrow Gaylord on September 14, 1945 in Piggott, Arkansas and enjoyed 64 years of marriage life. The balance of her work life involved a short stint at the shoe factory in Sikeston (which she hated), working as an aide at Richland schools, and she finished up her professional life working at the Bank of Bloomfield in Essex. Doris retired in her mid-fifties when Woodrow retired, because she didn’t want to miss out on their crappie fishing trips.
Doris and Woodrow lived on the family farm in rural Essex and raised three kids. Doris’s joys in life were family first (she especially enjoyed the time spent with the grandkids and one great-granddaughter), singing at church (she was a member of Risen Church in Dexter, Missouri), working in her flower beds, fishing at the lake, wintering in Florida, long walks with friends, and many gatherings with close friends spent playing cards and celebrating special occasions (especially the New Year’s Eve Party). Doris was a devoted servant to the Lord and a loving Wife to Woodrow, Mom to Michael, Stan, and Sheila, Grandma to Chad and Monica, and Great Grandma to Lena. She was loved by all and will be missed dearly.
Doris was preceded in death by her parents, Everett and Ora Coffey; by her husband, Woodrow Gaylord; by her sister, Macel Gibson; by her brothers, Lloyd Coffey, Ted Coffey, and Dale Coffey; and by her daughter-in-law, Deb Gaylord.
She is survived by her children, Michael Gaylord, Stan Gaylord, and Shelia Kingsley; by her grandchildren, Chad Gaylord & Monica Reagan; by her great-granddaughter, Lena Reagan; by her brother Jim Coffey; and by her sister, Helen “Coop” Erickson.
Friends may call at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, December 28, 2019 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Funeral services will then be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Tim Russell officiating.
Memorials may be made to the Risen Church Building Fund, 15 East St. Francis Street, Dexter, Missouri 63841 or to the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N Michigan Ave., Floor 17, Chicago, IL 60601.
Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of all arrangements.
