Carolyn V. Doerr
OSCEOLA — Services for Carolyn V. Doerr were June 9 at St Paul’s Lutheran Church, Osceola, with Pastor Dan Cloeter officiating. Visitation was one hour prior to the service at the church.
Interment was Tuesday at the Lutheran Cemetery, Wausa.
Carolyn died June 5, 2020, at the Good Samaritan Society, Osceola, at the age of 91.
Carolyn Virginia (Bloom) Doerr was born Jan. 1, 1929, to Emil and Edna (Burstrom) Bloom in Winner, S.D. Carolyn was baptized in the family home Jan. 13, 1929.
When Carolyn was 2 years old, the Bloom family moved to Wausa, where they farmed southwest of town. The family attended Thabor Lutheran Church and Carolyn was confirmed Sept. 10, 1942. She attended the Wausa Public Schools and graduated May 17, 1946. After graduation she attended Luther College, Wahoo, and graduated in 1948. Following graduation, Carolyn worked at Immanuel Hospital, Omaha, Dodge County Hospital, Fremont, and Plainview Hospital, Plainview. It was at the Plainview hospital that she met her future husband.
In 1951, she married Herbert Doerr at Thabor Lutheran Church, Wausa. They farmed in the Creighton and Wausa areas until they moved to Norfolk in 1985.
Carolyn is survived by her children, Robert Doerr, Denver, Colo.; Barbara Brewer, Omaha; Judith (Tom) Foushee, Wilmington, N.C.; Phil (Wanda) Doerr, Osceola; and Lee (Angie) Doerr, Arvada, Colo.; grandchildren, Regina (Josh) Fulton, Stanton; Rebecca (Rob) Craven, Umina Beach, AU; Ryan (Shannon) Doerr, Virginia; Tim (Chantel) Brunnert, Elkhorn; and Joshua Doerr, Arvada, Colo.; great-grandchildren, Steven, Elliot and Felicity Craven, Olivia and Natalie Doerr, and Nova Brunnert.
Carolyn was preceded in death by Herbert, her husband of 57 years; her son, Steven; two sisters, Rachel and Hannah; her brother, Stanley Bloom; and her parents. Dubas Funeral Home of Osceola and Stromsburg has been entrusted
Dubas Funeral Home of Osceola and Stromsburg has been entrusted with arrangements, dubasfuneralhome.com.
Memorials are suggested to the Good Samaritan Society in Osceola.
