1914
Doris
2015
Doris E. Sturtevant
June 27, 1914 — March 29, 2015
Doris E. Sturtevant, 100 years of age, of Weatherly passed away Sunday evening at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton Campus.
Born in Weatherly, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Mary (Rehrig) Wertman and was married to Robert B. Sturtevant until his death in 1982.
She is survived by a son, Robert H. Sturtevant, and his fiancée, Deborah A. Kohler, Weatherly.
Doris attended school in Weatherly and graduated from Weatherly High School in 1931. Following graduation, she worked in the family business, Wertman’s Hardware Store with her father and brother, Bill. She then accepted employment with the War Department in Newport News, Virginia during World War II. Following the war, Doris returned home to Weatherly and assisted her husband with Sturtevant’s Store. She was well known for her homemade chocolate syrup that was used on the ice cream sundaes in their store.
During the 1960’s, the Sturtevants were the administrators of the Carbon County Home at Laurytown and opened the new Weatherwood facility in Weatherly in the early 1970’s.
Doris was a member of Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Busy Bees, Weatherly Senior Friendship Club, Weatherly Area High School Alumni Association, Hazleton Art League, Hazleton Garden Club and the Cranberry Quilters. She was also an honorary member of the Weatherly Flower Club and was certified as a state level flower show judge.
Preceded in death by a brother, William Wertman.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Philip J. Jeffries Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc. 211 First Street Weatherly, Pennsylvania 18255.
A graveside service will be held at Union Cemetery at 11 o'clock A.M. on Friday April 3, 2015, Rev. Dawn Richie to officiate.
Contributions in memory of Doris can be made to Community Services for Sight, 1201 North Church Street #409, Hazleton, PA 18202 or the Weatherly Pound, Rear 601 West Main Street, Weatherly, PA 18255.
online registry and condolences may be signed at www.griffithsfuneralhomes.com
Born in Weatherly, she was the daughter of the late Harry and Mary (Rehrig) Wertman and was married to Robert B. Sturtevant until his death in 1982.
She is survived by a son, Robert H. Sturtevant, and his fiancée, Deborah A. Kohler, Weatherly.
Doris attended school in Weatherly and graduated from Weatherly High School in 1931. Following graduation, she worked in the family business, Wertman’s Hardware Store with her father and brother, Bill. She then accepted employment with the War Department in Newport News, Virginia during World War II. Following the war, Doris returned home to Weatherly and assisted her husband with Sturtevant’s Store. She was well known for her homemade chocolate syrup that was used on the ice cream sundaes in their store.
During the 1960’s, the Sturtevants were the administrators of the Carbon County Home at Laurytown and opened the new Weatherwood facility in Weatherly in the early 1970’s.
Doris was a member of Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church, the Busy Bees, Weatherly Senior Friendship Club, Weatherly Area High School Alumni Association, Hazleton Art League, Hazleton Garden Club and the Cranberry Quilters. She was also an honorary member of the Weatherly Flower Club and was certified as a state level flower show judge.
Preceded in death by a brother, William Wertman.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Philip J. Jeffries Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc. 211 First Street Weatherly, Pennsylvania 18255.
A graveside service will be held at Union Cemetery at 11 o'clock A.M. on Friday April 3, 2015, Rev. Dawn Richie to officiate.
Contributions in memory of Doris can be made to Community Services for Sight, 1201 North Church Street #409, Hazleton, PA 18202 or the Weatherly Pound, Rear 601 West Main Street, Weatherly, PA 18255.
online registry and condolences may be signed at www.griffithsfuneralhomes.com
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