Doris Ann Gordon was born July 27, 1939, in Watonga, Oklahoma. She passed from this life in Bethany, Oklahoma, at the age of 79 years, 7 months and 24 days, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.
Doris graduated from Northwest Classen High School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. On August 2, 1957, Doris and John D. Gordon were married in Oklahoma City. She worked at the First National Bank and spoke about it often. In 1959, their daughter Sherry was born and their family grew 6 years later when their son, John Scott, arrived. They attended Faith Tabernacle Assembly of God Church for many years and Christ Legacy Church. Later in life, she attended First Assembly of God Church in Bethany.
Doris was preceded in death by her husband John and parents Nadine and Harold Olinghouse. She enjoyed relaxing in the outdoors with John while he enjoyed fishing. They often took trips to Eureka Springs which was somewhere she could continue her antique hunting adventures. Doris liked to paint ceramics and make crafts that she often gave as gifts. She was proud of her two grandchildren and great-granddaughters.
Doris is survived by her daughter Sherry Higgins and husband, Edd; her son John Scott Gordon; grandson Cogan Higgins and his wife Kyndal; granddaughter Kayley Shropshire and her husband Blake; two great-granddaughters Eleanor and Winnie Shropshire; brother Steve Olinghouse and his wife Jan; brother Gary Olinghouse and his wife Shelly, and a host of other relatives and friends.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research at https://www.michaeljfox.org .
Visitation will be 12pm-8pm Tuesday, March 26 at Guardian Funeral Home-West Chapel, 5820 NW 41st, Warr Acres, OK 73122. . Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at Guardian Funeral Home-West Chapel.
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