Doris Wilhelmina Doak dies at 100

Doris Wilhelmin

Born: February 25, 1910

Died: November 30, 2010

Doris W. Doak passed away on November 30, 2010 at over 100 years of age. She was best

known for playing the piano with the "Pep Tones" at seniors' dances in West Seattle, Greenwood Senior Center and Bitter Lake Community Center for over 25 years until illness overtook her in 2008 at age 98. The family is very grateful to the Swedish Hospice nurses who lovingly cared for her during this time. They were her angels! Doris's infectious smile and positive spirit touched the lives of many. She learned to play the piano when she was 11 and it was a part of her life ever since. When you walked into Rhodes Ten Cent Store in the 1950's you could hear Doris playing the piano as she sold sheet music there. She also spent many years at Capital Music Co. at the Terminal Sales Bldg selling wholesale sheet music and finally at Sherman Clay across from the Bon Marche until she retired in 1985. She was a great-great-great grandmother with over 30 grandchildren and is survived by her daughters, Shirley Koval and Jo Lynn Sansom, and her sons, Kenneth and Larry Doak. A memorial service will be held at the Woodland Park Presbyterian Church at 70th and Greenwood Ave N. on Monday, December 6, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the church of which Doris was a long-time member. We are all comforted in the fact that she is with the Lord enjoying His peace and love.

Uncle Arthur Alexander Doak and Aunt Eloise

Here are a few pictures of dear Uncle Arthur and his lovely wife Eloise Doak. As far as I know Eloise is still living in her mid 90's. She was a school teacher and is retired in Jensen Beach Florida. I will try to write more on them later. They have one son Daniel and he has 4 children by his 2 wifes. They also all live in florida.

Even More Reunion Photos

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Don't you love the pictures of the Aunties?

Photos from the Meacham Reunion

Lewiston, Idaho was again the place of the Meacham reunion. We didn't make it this year but Sylvia Meacham Wallen, Gordon's daughter, did a great job of taking photos. She caught everybody enjoying themselves. I suppose her photographer son-in-law helped her out by watching how he takes great photos. Thanks for sharing with us Sylvia. If you want to figure out who they are you can go to Sylvia Meacham Wallen's blog and they are all labeled.

Grandpa Doak loved his chickens and his pigs.

Family History Trip

Upper - Doak family probably Sylvia & Ruth & a brother in Colfax, Washinton with Alexander & Emma. The Doak family in front of a home.

We got to visit 2 of Sylvia Doak Meacham's neices Betty Ruth Doak Lindsey and Lois Doak Faunce and her husband Grant Faunce. They both lived in really nice retirement homes in Pennsylvania. It was great visiting with them. Thought they may like some more family pictures.

Alexander with produce from his truck farm in California.

Doris has a wonderful day

Kenneth, Larry, Shirley Doak are pictured with their mother on her 100th birthday.

Larry reported that Doris had a wonderful time as she was honored with an open house with near to 30 long time friends and family in attendance. Doris was Ashley Neil Doak's wife and she has been lovingly attended by her children in her illness for nearly 3 years. Jolynn is not in the picture. She goes to Florida with her husband each winter. Doris was so happy and smiling all day long. There have been very few family members that have lived to be 100. In the Doak family several generations back there was an ancestor Letita Cline Smith who lived to be 106.

Doris loved to play the piano and played for the senior dances.

Alexander Doak and all his children

This is a picture of when the family all got together in California. Sylvia brought a couple of the children and Erma is there with Gordon or david as the baby. Virginia and Audrey are first, then Alexander, Sylvia, Everett, Ruth, Howard, Arthur and Ashley Neil Doak.

Pearl Meacham going strong at 88.

This is a clipping from the Provo Newspaper with Pearl in the front. She does Ti Chi three days a week and hates to miss this time. She also enjoys many nice gatherings and dinners at the Eldridge Center in Provo, Utah. She is a daughter in law to Sylvia Doak and Merritt Meacham. She enjoys her grandchildren (about 25 of them). Also she has about 58 great grandchildren. Living in Provo has given her the opportunity to know many of the grandchildren who have attended Brigham Young University. For the last 20 years she has nearly always had at least one grandchild who visits her. She is a source of stability and love to them. Her son Douglas Meacham lives close and she can enjoy many special occasions in Doug and Trudy's home. She keeps healthy by taking on her mother in law's tradition of studying health and trying to apply what she has learned.