Doris Anne Muniz "GGMa"

Doris Anne was born in 1934 in a little coal mining town in Raven, Virginia. A coal miner's daughter, of Dutch/German ancestry, her lineage is tied to the McCoys of the infamous Hatfields and McCoys. She had a grandmother who was a Cherokee indian. She was an only child who helped scrub and clean incessantly with her mother. She earned a high school diploma. She wanted more, so she took extra classes in shorthand, typing and accounting which served her well as a stenographer/secretary and manager's assistant.

After WWII her family moved to Akron, Ohio and she went to work for B.F. Goodrich. At Goodrich she was known as “Bugsy”. A few years passed and she vacationed and visited a friend in Jacksonville, Florida. Her friend in Jacksonville was married to a sailor who had a buddy known as Leonard Muniz, from Colorado. Leonard was totally “twitterpated” with Doris Anne when they met. They wrote daily to each other for six or more months. After Leonard was discharged from the Navy, he went to Akron to visit her. Leonard came home to Denver to begin his education on the G.I Bill. They again wrote daily. Doris arrived in Denver six months later. They became engaged and were wed at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver.

Soon they were blessed with their children, Christina, Mark, Deborah and Valerie. They struggled during their early years, raising four small children. The wonderful mother she was, it was sometimes overwhelming. Her husband was gone frequently, working several jobs and going to University, while Doris struggled at home with the children. They raised their four children with much love and many hours of music and dancing lessons, sports, scouting, and also encouraged their children to attend University.

Doris had a wonderful career with the Colorado Department of Revenue for over 20 years. She progressed from clerk to direct assistant to the Director of collections. Her co-workers still love her today. She retired from the position in 1999.

Doris loved to travel and traveled with her husband by motorhome throughout the U.S, Canada, and even trips to Mexico and Alaska. They also travelel to Europe, Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti, Mexico, Costa Rica and Peru.

During all the years, their family grew. Their four children gave them eight grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. All were always welcome at the homestead where there was a welcoming “GG Ma” as she was called her in later years. They loved her because she was always sweet, loving, nonjudgmental, intelligent and patient.

Doris also aways loved, forgave and patiently cared for her one and only true love, Leonard. He believed she was the most innocent, pure and sweetest women that he ever knew. When they married, he was scared to death because he believed that she was so beautiful and perfect he wouldn't be able to care for her in the manner which she deserved.

On April 4, 2017 surrounded by her loving family, she left us all with a hole in our hearts and many beautiful memories.

Written by, the luckiest man alive. Leonard Muniz

Arrangements under the direction of Olinger Highland Mortuary & Cemetery, Thornton, CO.