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- Doris Marie Floch, 85, former Phoenix, NY resident and current Buckley Landing resident, passed away on Wednesday at Van Duyn Ctr., Onondaga. Doris had many fond memories of growing up in Brooklyn. She loved going to the Brooklyn Dodgers games with her father.
She enrolled at Oswego State College where she met her future husband Henri, also a Brooklyn native. After graduation she headed off to California with her girlfriends, but later returned and married Henri in 1954. Raising three daughters and a number of pets with special fondness Missy, Ruby, Allie, Cupcake, and Wiley.
Mom was an elementary school teacher and later was a saleswoman for Sears. She
volunteered for Meals on Wheels for over 30 years. Doris played Bridge with her long time friends Rita, Joanne, and Ellie. As a mom she sewed many Halloween costumes, and baked the best gingerbread cookies for Christmas. Mom encouraged her daughters to follow their dreams.
Mom and Dad would pack up the car and trailer for month long adventures to Canada, Maine, and take a visit to grandparents in MA. During their retirement years, they ventured off to Hawaii, Florida, Arizona. But Lake Ontario was where you'd find them most summers reading and napping, walking along the beach and watching sunsets over the lake at days end. Doris was predeceased by her parents, Aagot (Tonneson) and William Burkle; her husband of 58 years, Henri, July 3, 2012; her sisters, Edith and Margot.
Surviving are her daughters, Barbara (Bonnie), Nancy (Sheila), Margot (Greg); grandchild, Andrew (Christina); great-grandchildren, Henry & Jillian; cousin, Leonard, niece and nephews, Joanne, Dean & Jay.
Calling hours only Monday, August 15, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Allanson-Glanville-Tappan Funeral Home, 431 Main St., Phoenix, NY.
The family would like to express our gratitude to the staff at Buckley Landing for their care given to our mother.
Contributions in Doris' name to: Humane Association of CNY, 4915 1/2 W. Taft Rd.,
Liverpool, NY 13088.
Date of Death: August 10, 2016
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1931 - 2016 (85 år)
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