Known to adults as Doris, and to hundreds of children as “Grandma Dee”, Doris Hafner fell peacefully asleep in the loving arms of Jesus Christ her Lord and Savior on Monday, November 23, 2015.
Doris was born, along with her twin brother Don, to Robert and Elsie Packard on July 3, 1936 in Lusk, Wyoming. She was the youngest of seven children. Doris attended schools in Lusk, Van Tassel, and Orpha, Wyoming, often in one-room school houses. After marriage, she would travel to, and live in, most of the states west of the Mississippi.
During this time, Doris had three boys and one girl. She loved her children fiercely and unconditionally. After her divorce, she waited tables and often worked double shifts in order to provide for her children and herself.
Never to do anything half-way, she took her jobs very seriously and always strived to be the best at whatever she did. She attained her GED in Lusk, without benefit of classes or studying, and had the highest score that year. She was offered a scholarship to Eastern Wyoming College, but wanted to be a Certified Nursing Assistant at the skilled nursing center in Lusk. She loved taking excellent care of the men and women who had pioneered Niobrara County. Later, she also worked as a CNA in Arizona and Missouri.
Doris came to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico for her health in October, 1996. She had been very ill in Missouri and a doctor there gave her a life expectancy of 2-3 years. Doris had a deep faith in God and loved to tell how her health changed dramatically after her pastor, John Wilson at Fellowship Alliance, anointed her with oil and prayed for her. She was able to breathe without supplemental oxygen very soon after. She would spend the next 18 years volunteering. She became a “Foster Grandmother” at the Early Childhood Development Center, and at Arrey Elementary. Even after leaving the SJOA program, she would continue working with elementary students in Arrey, T or C, Extension, NE, and Snowflake, AZ, earning the name “Grandma Dee” at each school. Nothing made her smile so big as to be in a store and hear some child yell “Grandma Dee!” and then run up to hug her.
Doris was preceded in death by her parents; her sons Woodrow and Barry; three brothers, William, Richard, and Donald; and her sisters, Dorothy and Rozetti. She is survived by her son Jerry, and daughter, Terie; one brother, Bob and his wife Joan, and several nieces and nephews.
Doris was born, along with her twin brother Don, to Robert and Elsie Packard on July 3, 1936 in Lusk, Wyoming. She was the youngest of seven children. Doris attended schools in Lusk, Van Tassel, and Orpha, Wyoming, often in one-room school houses. After marriage, she would travel to, and live in, most of the states west of the Mississippi.
During this time, Doris had three boys and one girl. She loved her children fiercely and unconditionally. After her divorce, she waited tables and often worked double shifts in order to provide for her children and herself.
Never to do anything half-way, she took her jobs very seriously and always strived to be the best at whatever she did. She attained her GED in Lusk, without benefit of classes or studying, and had the highest score that year. She was offered a scholarship to Eastern Wyoming College, but wanted to be a Certified Nursing Assistant at the skilled nursing center in Lusk. She loved taking excellent care of the men and women who had pioneered Niobrara County. Later, she also worked as a CNA in Arizona and Missouri.
Doris came to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico for her health in October, 1996. She had been very ill in Missouri and a doctor there gave her a life expectancy of 2-3 years. Doris had a deep faith in God and loved to tell how her health changed dramatically after her pastor, John Wilson at Fellowship Alliance, anointed her with oil and prayed for her. She was able to breathe without supplemental oxygen very soon after. She would spend the next 18 years volunteering. She became a “Foster Grandmother” at the Early Childhood Development Center, and at Arrey Elementary. Even after leaving the SJOA program, she would continue working with elementary students in Arrey, T or C, Extension, NE, and Snowflake, AZ, earning the name “Grandma Dee” at each school. Nothing made her smile so big as to be in a store and hear some child yell “Grandma Dee!” and then run up to hug her.
Doris was preceded in death by her parents; her sons Woodrow and Barry; three brothers, William, Richard, and Donald; and her sisters, Dorothy and Rozetti. She is survived by her son Jerry, and daughter, Terie; one brother, Bob and his wife Joan, and several nieces and nephews.
Known to adults as Doris, and to hundreds of children as “Grandma Dee”, Doris Hafner fell peacefully asleep in the loving arms of Jesus Christ her Lord and Savior on Monday, November 23, 2015.
Doris was born, along with her twin brother Don, to Robert and Elsie Packard on July 3, 1936 in Lusk, Wyoming. She was the youngest of seven children. Doris attended schools in Lusk, Van Tassel, and Orpha, Wyoming, often in one-room school houses. After marriage, she would travel to, and live in, most of the states west of the Mississippi.
During this time, Doris had three boys and one girl. She loved her children fiercely and unconditionally. After her divorce, she waited tables and often worked double shifts in order to provide for her children and herself.
Never to do anything half-way, she took her jobs very seriously and always strived to be the best at whatever she did. She attained her GED in Lusk, without benefit of classes or studying, and had the highest score that year. She was offered a scholarship to Eastern Wyoming College, but wanted to be a Certified Nursing Assistant at the skilled nursing center in Lusk. She loved taking excellent care of the men and women who had pioneered Niobrara County. Later, she also worked as a CNA in Arizona and Missouri.
Doris came to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico for her health in October, 1996. She had been very ill in Missouri and a doctor there gave her a life expectancy of 2-3 years. Doris had a deep faith in God and loved to tell how her health changed dramatically after her pastor, John Wilson at Fellowship Alliance, anointed her with oil and prayed for her. She was able to breathe without supplemental oxygen very soon after. She would spend the next 18 years volunteering. She became a “Foster Grandmother” at the Early Childhood Development Center, and at Arrey Elementary. Even after leaving the SJOA program, she would continue working with elementary students in Arrey, T or C, Extension, NE, and Snowflake, AZ, earning the name “Grandma Dee” at each school. Nothing made her smile so big as to be in a store and hear some child yell “Grandma Dee!” and then run up to hug her.
Doris was preceded in death by her parents; her sons Woodrow and Barry; three brothers, William, Richard, and Donald; and her sisters, Dorothy and Rozetti. She is survived by her son Jerry, and daughter, Terie; one brother, Bob and his wife Joan, and several nieces and nephews.
Doris was born, along with her twin brother Don, to Robert and Elsie Packard on July 3, 1936 in Lusk, Wyoming. She was the youngest of seven children. Doris attended schools in Lusk, Van Tassel, and Orpha, Wyoming, often in one-room school houses. After marriage, she would travel to, and live in, most of the states west of the Mississippi.
During this time, Doris had three boys and one girl. She loved her children fiercely and unconditionally. After her divorce, she waited tables and often worked double shifts in order to provide for her children and herself.
Never to do anything half-way, she took her jobs very seriously and always strived to be the best at whatever she did. She attained her GED in Lusk, without benefit of classes or studying, and had the highest score that year. She was offered a scholarship to Eastern Wyoming College, but wanted to be a Certified Nursing Assistant at the skilled nursing center in Lusk. She loved taking excellent care of the men and women who had pioneered Niobrara County. Later, she also worked as a CNA in Arizona and Missouri.
Doris came to Truth or Consequences, New Mexico for her health in October, 1996. She had been very ill in Missouri and a doctor there gave her a life expectancy of 2-3 years. Doris had a deep faith in God and loved to tell how her health changed dramatically after her pastor, John Wilson at Fellowship Alliance, anointed her with oil and prayed for her. She was able to breathe without supplemental oxygen very soon after. She would spend the next 18 years volunteering. She became a “Foster Grandmother” at the Early Childhood Development Center, and at Arrey Elementary. Even after leaving the SJOA program, she would continue working with elementary students in Arrey, T or C, Extension, NE, and Snowflake, AZ, earning the name “Grandma Dee” at each school. Nothing made her smile so big as to be in a store and hear some child yell “Grandma Dee!” and then run up to hug her.
Doris was preceded in death by her parents; her sons Woodrow and Barry; three brothers, William, Richard, and Donald; and her sisters, Dorothy and Rozetti. She is survived by her son Jerry, and daughter, Terie; one brother, Bob and his wife Joan, and several nieces and nephews.
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