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Doris Jean Sutton

1932 - 2018

Doris Jean Sutton obituary, 1932-2018, Muncie, IN

BORN

1932

DIED

2018

FUNERAL HOME

Beanblossom-Cesar Funeral Home - Corydon

201 North Oak Street

Corydon, Indiana

Doris Sutton Obituary

Doris Jean (Bruce) Sutton

Muncie - Doris Jean (Bruce) Sutton, 85, of Muncie, Indiana, passed away on Saturday, June 23, 2018, at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie. She was born on August 5, 1932, in Corydon, to the late Elmer Bruce and Hettie Alice (Kintner) Bruce. Doris graduated from Corydon High School where she was a majorette performing with the band. She continued her education and went on to work as a secretary in Louisville. She then married and raised 3 children, sons, Alan and Greg Sutton, and younger sister, Janice (Bruce) Fritz. She enjoyed playing bridge, spending time with family, making jewelry and doing things for her neighbors at her residence at Gillespi Towers in Muncie.

Doris was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer and Hettie Alice (Kintner) Bruce; her brothers, Everett Bruce, Eldo Bruce, Andy Bruce, Earl Bruce, Clyde Bruce, and Frankie Bruce; and her sisters, Evelyn (Bruce) Vaughn, Julia (Bruce) Atkins, and Sonya Bruce.

Survivors include her sons, Alan Sutton of Boulder, Colorado, and Greg Sutton of Unionville, Indiana; her sister Janice Fritz (Bruce) of Muncie; and numerous nieces and nephews and their children and grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 30, 2018, at Beanblossom-Cesar Funeral Home in Corydon. Visitation starts at 11:00 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Heidelberg Cemetery near Corydon.

The family requests that expressions of sympathy be made to the American Heart Association.

Online condolences to the family can be made at www.cesarfuneralhome.com.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Star Press on Jun. 27, 2018.

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Steve Fosler

June 29, 2018

She was a good friend to my mom, Joanne, whom we lost a few months ago. She made my mom happy and I thank her for that. They loved to go to Walmart together on Saturdays!

Lenore Bruce-Patterson

June 28, 2018

She was a loved Sister-In-Law

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donald say

June 27, 2018

doris was a very sprited person for her age!!! and very active!!! i know she loved to shop i would talk to her and ask where she was headed and shopping for cloths was always her answer!! she will be missed here at gilepie tower apt...rest easy miss doris!!!

American Heart Association

June 27, 2018

May your memories of the wonderful times you shared with your loved one comfort you and your family, today and always.

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11:00 a.m.

Beanblossom-Cesar Funeral Home - Corydon

201 North Oak Street, Corydon, IN 47112

Jun

30

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1:00 p.m.

Beanblossom-Cesar Funeral Home - Corydon

201 North Oak Street, Corydon, IN 47112

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