Doris Nann Urban

A memorial service for Doris will be held Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 10:00 AM at Faith Bible Chapel, 6250 Wright Street, Arvada, CO 80004. A graveside service will occur Thursday, January 27, 2022 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM at Olinger Crown Hill Mortuary & Cemetery, 7777 West 29th Ave, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033.

HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR LIFE TOGETHER

…Doris and I grew up in Rapid City. My dad had a typewriter store on main street. One day when I was about 4, I was standing outside the store when I saw a mom with two cute little identical twins crossing the street. I remember thinking, “How lucky the guys will be that marry those two. “

I didn’t get to meet the twins until 9th grade. Doris and I were in the same Latin class, and I found myself by the twins’ locker after class now and then. When I got there, I talked in generalities until I could see one right cheek. Dorothy had a mole there.

Doris and I began to spend lots of time together. Her bunch of friends and my bunch had good times together. One New Years eve party, the girls switched on us, and I was about to kiss Dorothy at midnight when she stopped me.

Doris and I were madly in love, and I proposed to her on Valentine’s Day, 1953. I graduated from the School of Mines on June 5 and we were married on June 7.

We spent three years with the Navy in the San Francisco Bay area. I got an engineering job after that. Tom was born in Oakland and Barb in San Mateo. We loved being mom and dad to those kids. While we were in California, we got involved in a church that was big on small home fellowships. After we were in a group for a few weeks, we felt loved and knit together with these folks in a special way.

Dad and his partners hired me to set up a plant to make roof trusses and laminated beams in Rapid City. We found a church that was open to small groups. And were blessed again. The manufacturing business failed and we moved to Dubuque, Iowa, to work with another manufacturer. This job was a good fit, and we did well. Again, we were able be part of a great small group.

We got a job offer in Denver in 1969. This one went well, but the big event was getting involved in a church where the Holy Spirit was moving. Doris was filled to overflowing, and began to minister to the ladies in life-changing ways.

In 1983 we were asked to lead a Teen Missions team to South Africa. We trained in a Florida swamp, living in pup tents. Doris said, “Let’s don’t forget how miserable this was, so we don’t do it again.” Our team of 32 kids and 6 leaders flew to South Africa, where we built a sixteen-bed concrete-block dormitory on a Bible Camp. Doris was such a TROOPER! She drove an old pick-up truck into town to buy groceries! After the construction, we debriefed in Bethlehem!

The next year we were asked to take a team to build a house for a Bible Translator in Papua New Guinea. With Doris dragging her feet, we and Arnie Fink and family, took off. The place was decent, and we got the house built.

In 1992, we joined Youth With A Mission. Many of you have prayed and given so that we could spent 31 years doing this. With your help, we have seen lots of young people become powerful soul-winners!

In John 10:10, Jesus said, “Satan has come to steal, kill and destroy, but I have come that you might abundant life. I thank God for the privilege of spending these years with this wonderful gal!

At the end of the day, Doris and I would often recite the 23rd Psalm together. As a tribute to her, I would like us all to do that right now.

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