Doris Macy January 3, 1915 ~ March 3, 2010
		Draucker Funeral Home 700 N. Spruce Street Post Office Box 296 Ogallala, NE 69153 Ph:  308.284.4021

 OBITUARY

 
Doris Macy, 95, lifetime Brule resident, died March 3, 2010, at Indian Hills Manor in Ogallala. 

Doris was born January 3, 1915 in Pleasanton, NE., the daughter of Albert and Grace Chingren Pearson.
She graduated from Pleasanton High School in 1933.

After attending Kearney State Teachers College, Doris moved to Brule in 1935 and taught in Sunnyslope
rural school. She also substituted at Brule schools.

Doris met Frank Macy at a local dance. They were married April 26, 1941 in the Brule Congregational parsonage.
The couple made their home on a farm north of Brule. They retired and moved to Brule in 1972. Doris moved to Indian Hills Manor in May 2001.

She was a member of the Brule Congregational Church and the Women's Fellowship. Doris enjoyed belonging to
several card clubs and Happy Hour Garden Club. She also volunteered with the 4-H program. Her hobbies included playing the piano and helped form the Gold Dust Twins musical group and later the Silver Nuggets who entertained at various social events. Other hobbies included baking wedding cakes, embroidering, and quilting.

Music was always an important part of Doris' and her sister Erma's lives. When the girls were youngsters, their father traded a horse for an upright piano. Doris was rather quiet and Erma was the spunky one, but when Doris discovered a male cousin they were babysitting had peeled all of the ivories off the precious piano, Doris chased this cousin and beat him until Erma finally came to his rescue. Music remained that important her entire life. Many funerals were given for various animals with Doris as the singer, Erma as the preacher, and the neighbors were the congregation.

Preceding her in death was her husband Frank in 1983, sisters Erma Evert, Helen Welsh, Sadie "Tick" Supanchick, Maude Welsh, Lavon Pearson, and an infant sister; and four brothers D. Pearson, Paul Pearson, Howard Pearson, and Gil Pearson.

Survivors include her daughter Avis and her husband Thaddeus Glenn of Brule, and two granddaughters: Kerri Stephenson and her husband Paul Hemmerla of Ottawa, KS. and Brenda Stephenson of Littleton, CO. Four great-grandchildren: August J. Hemmerla, Grace M. Hemmerla, Veronica Hemmerla, and Mercedes Hemmerla.

Visitation will be Sunday, March 7, from Noon to 5 p.m. at Draucker Funeral Home.

Funeral Services will be Monday, March 8, at 10 a.m. in the United Church of Christ, Congregational of Brule. Rev. Lauran Heidenreich will officiate.

Interment in the Brule Cemetery. A memorial has been established in her memory.

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Draucker Funeral Home of Ogallala is in charge of arrangements.