Doris J. Wirt

Doris J. Wirt obituary, Milton, PA

Doris J. Wirt

Doris Wirt Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Shaw Funeral Home, Inc. - Milton on Nov. 7, 2025.

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Doris Jean Tyson Wirt 74, of Milton passed away on October 24, 2025 at Geisinger Medical Center. Born in New Columbia on October 3, 1951 she was the daughter of the late Walter L. Sr. and Thema M. (Hauck) Tyson.
Doris graduated from Lewisburg High School in 1969. Doris was a member of the United Pentecostal Church in Lewisburg. She enjoyed playing cards. She liked camping and fishing. Doris loved time with her family, especially her grandchildren.
She is survived by three children, Gary Tyson and fiancée Mary Chappell of Milton, Rodger Kipple of Jersey Shore, and Kelly Kipple of Lewisburg; four brothers, Walter Tyson Jr. of Millmont, John Tyson and wife, Kay of Lewisburg, Martin Tyson of Millmont, and Thomas Tyson, Sr. of Mifflinburg; two sisters, Mary Taylor of Watsontown, and Susan Predix and husband, Scott of Mifflinburg; and two grandchildren, Maelyn and Lacey Kipple both of Lewisburg.
Services will be held at the family's convenience
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