Doris A Burnisky

Doris DuBois Burnisky, 92, longtime resident of Haddonfield, NJ died peacefully on February 13, 2016 at the Voorhees Care and Rehabilitation Center after a lengthy illness. She was born March 16, 1923 in Woodbury, NJ, the daughter of Josiah Ellis DuBois, Sr. and Amelia Ayles DuBois. Doris spent her growing up years in Woodbury and Ocean City, NJ. As a teenager, she worked in her father's store, the DuBois Drug Store on Battersea Ave. in Ocean City. She worked the soda counter and then was promoted to patent medicines. She loved the ocean and the Jersey shore. She attended school at Woodbury High graduating in 1940 attending college prep courses in Pennington. The following fall she began studying at State Teachers College in Glassboro, now Rowan University. Upon graduating her first teaching job was for three years in Mt. Ephraim at the age of 20. On March 30, 1946 she married William Jackson, a veteran of WWII, 82nd Airborne, 505th at Valley Forge, PA. The couple lived in Glendora, Camden, and then Haddonfield, NJ, where they raised two sons William P. and David B. Jackson. Doris taught Kindergarten for may years at area schools including Barrington and at the Johnson School in Cherry Hill, NJ. For many years, she was a member of the Haddonfield United Methodist Church. After a divorce, she married Enoch C. Burnisky on August 5, 1972, a WWII veteran and a boilermaker for Inductotherm Corp. They lived in Haddonfield for 25 years where she retied from teaching in 1978. Doris had been a resident of Cherry Hill Convalescent Center and most recently Voorhees Nursing and Rehabilitation Center since 2003. She enjoyed daily activities, crafts, bingo, church services and Phillies baseball. She attended a Phillies game the year they won the World Series in 2007 and another in 2010. She was preceded in death by both husbands, her brothers and sisters, Josiah DuBois, Herb DuBois, Madison DuBois, Louis DuBois, Earl DuBois, Mary Oldenburg abd Elsie Pratt. She is survived by her children and extended family William Jackson (Dale Gody-Jackson)of Wilmette, Illinois, David Jackson (Margaret) of North English, Iowa, Robert Burnisky (Cindy), Carol Salerno, and six grandchildren Ben (Ali) Jackson, Sara (Shawn) Bybee, Dawn Marie Salerno, Stephen Burnisky, Christopher Burnisky and Hannah Burnisky. The family will hold a private Celebration of Life. Burial will be in Beverly National Cemetery along side her husband Enoch.