Doris Gene Carpenter, 90, of Wabash, Indiana, died 9:15 am, Sunday, January 14, 2018 at Vernon Health and Rehab in Wabash. She was born October 9, 1927 in Lincolnville, Indiana to Frank and Dora Page (Cross) Gaines.
Doris was a 1945 graduate of Lincolnville High School. She married Raymond E. Carpenter in Wabash on April 31, 1971; he died January 8, 2018. She was a homemaker and a nurses aide for Friendly Nursing Home and Pleasant View Nursing Home, both of Wabash. She enjoyed reading, working puzzles, and going to flea markets.
She is survived by her three daughters, Sherry (Roger) Baumbauer, Sarina Bitzel, and Doretta Tucker, all of Wabash, her step-daughter, Diana (Aaron) Biehl of Huntington, Indiana; nine grandchildren, several great and great-great grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her parents; her son, Danny Tucker; her four brothers, William, Clyde, Claude, and Robert Gaines, and three sisters, Wanda Hamilton, Lois Fraizer, and Joyce Watkins.
At Doris’s request, there will be no services. Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service of Wabash is handling the arrangements.
The memorial guest book for Doris may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
Doris was a 1945 graduate of Lincolnville High School. She married Raymond E. Carpenter in Wabash on April 31, 1971; he died January 8, 2018. She was a homemaker and a nurses aide for Friendly Nursing Home and Pleasant View Nursing Home, both of Wabash. She enjoyed reading, working puzzles, and going to flea markets.
She is survived by her three daughters, Sherry (Roger) Baumbauer, Sarina Bitzel, and Doretta Tucker, all of Wabash, her step-daughter, Diana (Aaron) Biehl of Huntington, Indiana; nine grandchildren, several great and great-great grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her parents; her son, Danny Tucker; her four brothers, William, Clyde, Claude, and Robert Gaines, and three sisters, Wanda Hamilton, Lois Fraizer, and Joyce Watkins.
At Doris’s request, there will be no services. Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service of Wabash is handling the arrangements.
The memorial guest book for Doris may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.