Doris M. Hart

Doris Maurine Hart, 93, of Westmoreland, Kansas passed away Sunday, February 19, 2012, at the Westy Community Care Home in Westmoreland.. Doris was born on the family farm near Emmett, Kansas on January 28, 1919, the daughter of James and Mabel (Owens) DeVolld. She attended schools in Emmett, graduating from Emmett High School in 1937. Following her graduation she moved to Westmoreland where she became a clerk typist for the Clerk of the District Court’s office, and where she also served as a Deputy Sheriff for Pottawatomie County. On August 20, 1939, Doris married Thomas E. “Tom” Hart, in Baldwin City, Kansas. He survives of Westmoreland. After working for Pottawatomie County, she became a homemaker and enjoyed her brand new kitchen in the house she and Tom built after their marriage and lived in for 72 years. Doris worked alongside her husband Tom in the family-owned business, Pottawatomie County Abstract Company. She was a member of the Westmoreland United Methodist Church and was quite active in women’s church organizations and served as president of the Women’s Society of Christian Service. Doris was also a Sunday School teacher for many years and a Girl Scout leader. Doris enjoyed baking, doing needlework, feeding birds, tending to her flowers, traveling and camping - just enough to keep her family happy! Most of all she enjoyed taking care of her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Doris is survived by her husband Tom; two daughters: Carol Hanson and husband Bill of Manhattan, KS and Denise Parker and husband Mike, of Topeka, KS; one son Jim Hart and wife April of Manhattan, KS; six grandchildren: Lauri Hopper and husband Steve, Tom Hanson, John Parker, Dan Parker, Grace Hart and Jillian Hart; two great-grandchildren: Megan and Ben Hopper; and many nieces and nephews, including Karla Shaffer, whom she raised until the age of 13 months. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by all of her siblings: Maxine Shaffer, David DeVolld, Joe DeVolld, Betty Hershey and Peggy Kendall and her beloved grandson Judson “Beck” Hart. A celebration of Doris’s life will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 1:00 p.m., followed by a gathering time for remembrances until 3:00 p.m., all at the Westmoreland United Methodist Church Education Building. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials be made to the Capper Foundation in Topeka or the Westy Community Care Home Children’s Daycare and may be left in care of the Stewart Funeral Home, PO Box 48, Wamego, KS 66547.