Doris K. Barron
September 11, 1922 — February 8, 2015
Doris K. Barron passed away on February 8, 2015 at the home of her son and daughter-in-law. She was 92 years of age. Born on September 11, 1922 to the late Charles and Myrtle Rapp Kemery in Carpenterville, New Jersey she graduated from Phillipsburg High School in New jersey and Easton Hospital School of Nursing in Easton,Pennsylvania. Upon graduating from nursing school she became a Navy nurse serving in a naval hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania before being assigned to Camp LeJeune, North Carolina. She met her future husband John while serving in the Navy and they were married in 1947. After discharge from the navy she attended Bolling Green University in Ohio where she majored in English. She moved to Laurel in 1947 and became a communicant at St. Mary of the Mills Church where she later became involved with the Ladies of Charity. She worked in the office of the late Robert Wingfield M.D. as an office nurse for over 30 years. She loved playing cards, travelling and spending summers at the family home on Great Diamond Island in Portland,Maine.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband John M. Barron; sister Evelyn Redos; and brother Vincent Kemery. She is survived by her children Marc K. Barron (Betsey), Robin M. Koller (Danny), Evelyn B. Garrity (Christopher), and Kathleen C. Barron (Peter). She is also survived by 8 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from 3-7 pm at DONALDSON FUNERAL HOME, P.A. 313 Talbott Avenue, Laurel, MD 20707. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, February 12, 2015 at 10:00 am at St. Mary of the Mills Catholic Church, Laurel, MD 20707. Interment will be at Mt. Calvery Cemetery in South Portland, Maine.
Memorial donations may be made to Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, P.O. Box 302 Maryknoll, NY 10545-0302 or online at www.maryknollsociety.org or to Guiding eyes for the Blind, 611 Granite Springs Road, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 or online at www.guidingeyes.org.
Online condolences may be made at www.donaldsonfuneralhome.com. Out of town arrangements by Conroy –Tully- Crawford Funeral Home, Portland, Maine.