Doris J. Schaeffer

Mrs. Doris J.
Schaeffer
Mrs. Doris J. Schaeffer, 82, of Lehighton, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, in the Mahoning Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Mahoning Township.
She met the love of her life, Thomas A. Schae-ffer, in 1956 at the Lawn Festival in Allentown, where she was crowned Lawn Queen of the festival. They married on March 25, 1961, and raised three sons, the late Thomas M., Matthew B., husband of Cheryl, and Corey A., husband of Rebecca, both of Lehighton.
She was her sons' number one fan, rooting and watching their athletic competitions, as well as her husb-and, Coach Schae-ffer.
Born on Jan. 4, 1939, in Pal-merton, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Pauline (Dreisbach) Dietz.
Doris was a 1956 graduate of Lehighton Area High School and was a member of National Honor Society. She then attended and graduated from Allentown General Nursing School as a Registered Nurse in 1959.
Doris worked as a Registered Nurse at Queens Hospital in Honolulu, HI, in 1959, Allentown General Hospital in 1960, from 1961-64, she worked at Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital OR, Lehighton, Allentown General Hospital from 1985-89, and from 1990-2000 as a Home Health Care Nurse for Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital. Doris was an empathetic nurse, always worried about the care of her patients.
She also worked as the pie maker for the 443 Diner from 1972-84, which was owned and operated by her Mom.
She was a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lehighton, where she was the acolyte trainer and assignor for 14 years.
Doris loved the outdoors. She was an avid skier, hiker and biker, doing several treks over 50 miles. She also enjoyed attending Bach at Noon at the Moravian Church, Bethlehem, with the ladies of Lehighton and her grandchildren.
Doris most of all loved spending time with her family; family vacations to Wildwood Crest, Myrtle Beach and Disney, ski trips to Vermont, the annual Easter Egg painting and hunt, Thanksgiving, Christmas, taking the grandchildren Christmas shopping, biking and hiking and taking the granddaughters to New York City.
She is survived by her husband; sons; 12 grandchildren, Drake (Jeanette), Ethan (Kacey), Noah (fiancé Amanda Floyd), Annie (fiancé Mike Coffin), Michaela, Cassidy, Ever, Cove, Riley, Jackson, Grant and Rowan; five great-grandchildren, Tristan, Juliana, Liam, Adrian and Kylie; a sister Joanne, wife of Herbert Werner of Lehighton; a brother, David Dietz, husband of Sandra, of Marietta, GA; a daughter-in-law, Stephanie Petrucci of Lehighton; and nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her son, Thomas M. Schaeffer.
Service: A Cele-bration of Life service will be announced and held in the future. Arrangements by Schaeffer Funeral Home, Lehighton. In lieu of flowers, contributions in her name may be made to Carbon County Animal Shelter, 63 Broad St., Nesquehoning, PA 18240, or Carbon Co. Friends of Animals, 77 W. 13th St., Jim Thorpe, PA 18229. Online condolences can be offered at www.schaefferfunerals.
com.