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Mary A. Dorris
February 15, 1928 - February 24, 2015
Mary Alice Ashley Dorris, 87 of Emmett passed away on Tuesday February 24, 2015 at her home. Mary was born February 15, 1928 in Grandview, Washington, the daughter of Charles and Fidelia Ashley. She was the salutatorian of her class at Grandview High School. She married Clyde A. Miller, Sr. in 1946. Clyde served in the Navy and they were posted at bases on both coasts. They divorced in 1955. Mary and her children moved to McCall in 1956, where she married William (Bill) H. Dorris in 1965. Mary was a local seamstress and also ran a daycare in her home; many McCall children knew her as Grandma Mary. After the passing of her husband, Bill, Mary moved to Emmett in 2001 where she could indulge her passion for gardening. She immediately set about preparing her new place with a garden that produced so much that she always had overflow. She gave much of this abundance to the Emmett Senior Center until she was no longer able to garden. Survivors include her son Clyde Miller (Franceska) of Vienna, Austria; her daughters Mary Tinsley (Bruce) of Coos Bay, Oregon and Kathleen McCoy (Jim) of Boise; her stepsons and stepdaughters Ann Giberson (Gary), George Dorris (Susan), Joe Dorris (Susan), Linda Dorris, Mike Dorris (Leslee), Pat Dorris (Terry), Karen Morrow (Robert), Billy Dorris (Susan); her son in law, Billy Reed; her brothers Charles Ashley (Ruth), Keith Ashley (Mary Ann), Allen Ashley and Paul Ashley (Lilia); numerous grandchildren, nephews, nieces and great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bill; her daughter, Colleen Reed; stepdaughter, Kippy Born; her parents; and her sisters Lois Crawford and Edith Wierman. A memorial service will be held at 11 A. M. on Saturday March 14, 2015 at the Potter Funeral Chapel, 228 E. Main Street in Emmett. Family and friends will gather at her Emmett home after the service.
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I'm sorry for your loss. May God give you peace by means of prayer.
Philippians 4:6,7
March 4, 2015
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