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Doris Marie GILLESPIE

1933 - 2020

Doris Marie GILLESPIE obituary, 1933-2020, Columbia Heights, MN

BORN

1933

DIED

2020

Doris GILLESPIE Obituary

8/25/1933 -9/12/2020 Born in rural Wisconsin in the 1930s, Doris traveled with her mother to St. Paul, MN as a teenager. She achieved her LPN certification from Mechanic Arts School, and worked for many years in nursing, and hospice care. Her caring spirit led her to help many, and she helped pass the MN Loves Its Kids bill. Preceded in death by husbands, Frederic Schweigert and Mark Gillespie, and by her youngest son, Mark Gillespie. Survived by daughters, Deborah Schweigert, Annette Krueger (Bill), Michaela Gillespie-Burns (John), and her sons, Frederic Schweigert (Susan) and Joseph Schweigert (Laurel), and by many grandchildren, nieces and nephews and great-grandchildren. A future remembrance service will be held in safer times.

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Published by Pioneer Press on Sep. 20, 2020.

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Linda Freitag

November 5, 2021

So sorry to hear about Doris. My husband Paul thought the world of Doris, and was his moms ( Katie) best friend! My condolences.

Annette and Bill

September 20, 2020

Mom, you loved your roses. God grant you peace.

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